MEMOIR WRITERS THINK we've got it made. That is, until we sit down to write, and all those stories seem to scatter away from our fingertips. Why does this happen? Who knows? But how about we fix it? … [Read more...] about How to Write Memoir: The Week in Review
A Guide to Great Memoir Adaptation
MEMOIR ADAPTATION IS TRICKY, indeed, the assignment being nothing less than inhabiting someone else’s life and getting it right. Sometimes they are spot-on perfect, of course. Such is the case with … [Read more...] about A Guide to Great Memoir Adaptation
How To Write Grief Memoir
IT WOULD BE HARD to estimate the percentage of students who enter my classes wanting to write grief memior. Half, maybe? Seventy-five percent, perhaps? I’ve never counted, but I know the numbers are … [Read more...] about How To Write Grief Memoir
Required Reading: What to Read to Learn to Write Memoir? Calvin Trillin.
MY HUSBAND SINGS in a large chorale group, providing me on a regular basis with music of the season. Most recently what filled my home was the music of Easter, whose own particular brand of adulation … [Read more...] about Required Reading: What to Read to Learn to Write Memoir? Calvin Trillin.
Recommended Memoirs: New Books. Read and Learn How To Write Memoir
NEW ON MY NIGHTSIDE TABLE are three books I read about in recent editions of The New Yorker. All sounded wonderful in those mini-reviews, as well as to be books from which we could all learn a thing … [Read more...] about Recommended Memoirs: New Books. Read and Learn How To Write Memoir
The Very Best Writing Advice
THE VERY BEST WRITING advice I’ve ever received came from one of the very best living American writers. I am a great believer in asking an expert, particularly when the stakes are as high as what I do … [Read more...] about The Very Best Writing Advice
