HOW IMPORTANT IS IT to know the ending of your story when you begin? Can you know? Should you? It’s memoir, after all, and your memoir, at that, but how much surprise should you expect? I love this … [Read more...] about Should You Know the Ending Of Your Story When You Begin?
How to Get Writing Inspiration In Your Own Backyard
I DELIBERATELY LIVE NEAR WHAT I CALL the E-Triangle. It’s my own designation, and not one you’ll find on a map, but one that I consider my own personal place of deep inspiration. Perhaps you have one … [Read more...] about How to Get Writing Inspiration In Your Own Backyard
Memoir Editor? Developmental Editor? What’s in a Name?
APPARENTLY I AM A DEVELOPMENTAL EDITOR for memoir. I had not know that until recently when four separate email inquiries came in using that phrase. Huh, I thought, and did not think much more about it … [Read more...] about Memoir Editor? Developmental Editor? What’s in a Name?
Embracing the Therapy of Memoir Writing
MEMOIR WRITING IS THERAPEUTIC. Or so I’ve been told at least once in every one of the hundreds of memoir writing classes I’ve taught. And I agree. Most of the time I draw the line at it being therapy, … [Read more...] about Embracing the Therapy of Memoir Writing
Announcing New Online Memoir Classes
NEED A MEMOIR CLASS? I’ve got them right here. Well, actually, I’ve got lots of new online memoir classes posted, so let’s get you started. … [Read more...] about Announcing New Online Memoir Classes
Writing Lessons: Why Write An Introduction?
IT’S POSSIBLE THAT the single most popular questions I get in my manuscript services practice are why and when to write an introduction. People frequently send me their intros again and again as they … [Read more...] about Writing Lessons: Why Write An Introduction?