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
Memoir Writing Resolutions. Number 5: Use the Calendar
ESCHEW WRITING PROMPTS. Be hospitable. Ask Amy. Use the algorithm. Those are four of my five countdown-to-the-new-year memoir writing resolutions. And number five? Here’s a hint: We start a new one … [Read more...] about Memoir Writing Resolutions. Number 5: Use the Calendar
Memoir Writing Resolutions. Number 4: Use The Algorithm
ESCHEW WRITING PROMPTS. Be hospitable. Ask Amy. Those are the three previous new year resolutions I’ve asked you to make when learning to write memoir. And today? What could it possibly be today? … [Read more...] about Memoir Writing Resolutions. Number 4: Use The Algorithm
Memoir Writing Resolutions. Number 3: Ask Amy.
ONE OF MY early jobs at The New York Times was to write the weather “ear” for the front page, as well as the daily weather page, listing the exact highs and lows of the major cities of the world. … [Read more...] about Memoir Writing Resolutions. Number 3: Ask Amy.
Memoir Writing Resolutions. Number Two: Be Hospitable
BE HOSPITABLE. I have only one maxim in my office—a little index card that reads, “Be hospitable”— and it has been there through four books, countless magazine pieces, radio essays, blog posts, and … [Read more...] about Memoir Writing Resolutions. Number Two: Be Hospitable
Memoir Writing Resolutions. Number One: No More Writing Prompts
MEMOIR WRITING RESOLUTIONS need to be made and kept. Let’s make some, so that you meet your memoir writing goals. I think of these as resolutions, though they can be input at any time of the year. So … [Read more...] about Memoir Writing Resolutions. Number One: No More Writing Prompts
