KNOWING HOW TO WRITE THE PERFECT first sentence to a memoir is not a magical process. It is not something that you can force, nor is it the least bit mystical. What it is, though, is work -- but … [Read more...] about How to Write the Perfect First Sentence for a Memoir
How to Create and Maintain a Writer’s Eye, with Samantha Clark
SAMANTHA CLARK IS THE AUTHOR OF the brand new memoir, The Clearing: A Memoir of Art, Family and Mental Health, just out from Little Brown. Samantha is a writer and artist who lives on Orkney, an … [Read more...] about How to Create and Maintain a Writer’s Eye, with Samantha Clark
How to Write a Memoir in Essays, with Rebekah Taussig
THE WRITER, REBEKAH TAUSSIG, has a new book called Sitting Pretty: The View from My Ordinary, Resilient, Disabled Body. It is just out from Harper One. The book is a memoir told in essays. Rebecca is … [Read more...] about How to Write a Memoir in Essays, with Rebekah Taussig
How to Curate Your Own Life, with Monica Wesolowska
MONICA WESOLOWSKA KNOWS SOMETHING we all need to learn and she is here to tell us all about it. It is how to curate your own life, and if there is a greater skill needed by all memoir writers, I … [Read more...] about How to Curate Your Own Life, with Monica Wesolowska
The First Step in Telling a Story
COVID HAS US ALL STREAMING, WATCHING and re-watching our favorite shows. In that rewatching you have a marvelous opportunity to learn huge lessons about writing memoir. How? Because you probably … [Read more...] about The First Step in Telling a Story
How and When to See Your Life As Story, with Bestselling Author Julie Metz
JULIE METZ IS THE AUTHOR I've long wanted to ask the question of how and when to see your life as story. How soon in an experience should we recognize that this might make a tale? How late? And when … [Read more...] about How and When to See Your Life As Story, with Bestselling Author Julie Metz
