I GENUINELY BELIEVE that much like in life, success is writing depends on which details you choose to emphasize. It’s a hard-won illumination, and one that speaks of nothing less than how to explore … [Read more...] about Writing Lessons: How To Explore Self-Knowledge Through Memoir
Writing Lessons: How to Write A Memoir in Two Voices, with Nancy Key Roeder
WRITING SOMEONE ELSE’S STORY might, at first, appear to be a straightforward assignment. Unless, of course, that other person is your mother. Then, just what does the story become, as you learn family … [Read more...] about Writing Lessons: How to Write A Memoir in Two Voices, with Nancy Key Roeder
Writing Lessons: Just What is Memoir? With Kevin Fenton
JUST WHAT IS MEMOIR? Is it one big book that begins with your great-great-grandfather, and ends with what you had for lunch today, or is it more a process of selection? You can tell from the way I … [Read more...] about Writing Lessons: Just What is Memoir? With Kevin Fenton
Writing Lessons: How to Get Started Writing a Book, With Jennifer Richardson
HOW TO GET STARTED WRITING A BOOK does not always involve cleaning your refrigerator, shopping online, or an urgent organization of your shoes. That’s just me. For more practical help on how to begin … [Read more...] about Writing Lessons: How to Get Started Writing a Book, With Jennifer Richardson
Writing Lessons: How to Curate Your Life Through Memoir, With Karen Dietrich
THINKING OF YOURSELF as the curator of your own life has many advantages, particularly if you want to write memoir. When author Karen Dietrich proposed this as her Writing Lessons topic, I smiled from … [Read more...] about Writing Lessons: How to Curate Your Life Through Memoir, With Karen Dietrich
Rethinking Morning Pages. Kind of. Sort Of. Not Really.
IF THE WRITER JULIA CAMERON had said something other than she did about what she has branded “morning pages,” I might feel better about them than I do. But she didn’t, and I don't, and it was not … [Read more...] about Rethinking Morning Pages. Kind of. Sort Of. Not Really.
