BECOMING PART OF AN ANTHOLOGY is a great achievement for a writer. Along with the obvious joy of allowing you to keep fine company with the authors in the book, some of the other upsides to being in a … [Read more...] about Writing Lessons: Becoming Part of an Anthology
Writing Lessons: Writing About An Exceptional Experience
SPEAKING WITH A STUDENT recently, I was dismayed when she claimed that hers was not an “exceptional” story. There was no death, no loss, and so she thought her story of little value. I disagreed. In … [Read more...] about Writing Lessons: Writing About An Exceptional Experience
Writing Lessons: Finding Time to Write
HOW DO YOU FIND TIME to write? This is the question I get most – online, in person, in email, and on the phone -- and it has taught me that I must include some discussion about time and writing in all … [Read more...] about Writing Lessons: Finding Time to Write
Writing Lessons: How to Write A Participatory Memoir
PARTICIPATORY MEMOIR IS ONE of my favorite subgenres within my favorite type of writing. It’s where the writer goes and does something and writes about it, and while you could easily argue – and be … [Read more...] about Writing Lessons: How to Write A Participatory Memoir
Memoir in the News
EVERY SO OFTEN a week is so chock full of memoir news that I simply must share some of that bounty. These past few days have been that kind of time, and the news I have aggregated here for you … [Read more...] about Memoir in the News
Writing Lessons: Writing for An Audience
LOCATING AN AUDIENCE is the ultimate chicken and egger of writing. Do you think about them before you write, as you write, or only after you write? These are questions I get all the time. And they may … [Read more...] about Writing Lessons: Writing for An Audience
