WRITING WHAT YOU KNOW does not mean you don’t check your facts. Fact-checking in memoir is essential. Accuracy counts. Memoir demands fact-checking since memory, by its very definition, is subjective. … [Read more...] about Writing Memoir? Check Your Facts
Writing Memoir On Nature’s Calendar
It’s Wednesday, it’s winter, and some people are having a little more trouble than usual getting out of bed. Well, you’re not alone. … [Read more...] about Writing Memoir On Nature’s Calendar
Writing Memoir? Be Counterphobic
YOU’VE GOT TO be counterphobic to write memoir, meaning you need to write what scares you. After all, fear is with us all the time. Afraid of making bad parenting mistakes, scared of blurting out the … [Read more...] about Writing Memoir? Be Counterphobic
Writing Memoir: A First Draft. Retching and Moaning All the Way.
MY BEST FRIEND taught me a phrase about writing a first draft that I use every day. We’ve been friends now for, oh, thirty years. Since we were already hard-working writers when we met, and I use the … [Read more...] about Writing Memoir: A First Draft. Retching and Moaning All the Way.
On a Diet? Your Memoir Needs One Too
WE'RE ON DIETS, my memoir work and I. It's tough. After all, knowing how to choose small topics to write about is hard work. What I always say to my online memoir writing students is that we're always … [Read more...] about On a Diet? Your Memoir Needs One Too
Writing Memoir: Learning Your Limits
WHO ARE YOU? If you are writing memoir, it’s important to know the answer to that question. Who is the narrator of your memoir? Memoir is about territory, and you have to walk its borders. What are … [Read more...] about Writing Memoir: Learning Your Limits
