YOU WANT TO TELL YOUR TALE. You want to write memoir and you think that the key is to get someone else to know you as quickly and efficiently as you can so they will care about what you have been … [Read more...] about How to Start a Memoir? Build a Bowl
How to Identify & Combat Your Writing Obstacles, With Bonnie Wright
EVERY WRITER HAS WRITING OBSTACLES. How to combat your writing obstacles is a skill every one of you must have on you, know how to use and use as needed. But first you must identify those writing … [Read more...] about How to Identify & Combat Your Writing Obstacles, With Bonnie Wright
Writing Lessons: How to Navigate Pushback from Your Antagonist(s)
WITH THIS BLOG POST, we continue the Writing Lessons series on The Memoir Project, in which well-published writers write from their area of expertise on one topic of memoir writing. In this post, … [Read more...] about Writing Lessons: How to Navigate Pushback from Your Antagonist(s)
Writing Through the Darkness, with Devi Laskar
DEVI LASKAR knows about writing through the darkness. Not that long ago, the Georgia State Police mistakenly raided her home at gunpoint and, after a series of decisions that reveal what a writer can … [Read more...] about Writing Through the Darkness, with Devi Laskar
Does Memoir Have To Be About Trauma?
IS MEMOIR ONE BIG BUMMER GENRE? I mean, is memoir always about trauma? Does there have to be a terrible experience in every tale written from what we know? In my role as a memoir coach and writing … [Read more...] about Does Memoir Have To Be About Trauma?
How to Write About Tough Topics, with Jennifer Risher
Tough topics come in all shapes and sizes, but mostly when we talk about them we are talking about grief or loss of some kind. But those are not the only tough topics out there. Jennifer Risher is the … [Read more...] about How to Write About Tough Topics, with Jennifer Risher
