THINKING OF YOURSELF as the curator of your own life has many advantages, particularly if you want to write memoir. When author Karen Dietrich proposed this as her Writing Lessons topic, I smiled from … [Read more...] about Writing Lessons: How to Curate Your Life Through Memoir, With Karen Dietrich
Writing Lessons: How to Write About A Difficult Subject, by Bette Lynch Husted
HOW TO TELL a difficult tale? It’s a topic Bette Lynch Husted, our new guest blogger, eagerly took on when she suggested writing about a very under-reported aspect of diversity -- class. I was … [Read more...] about Writing Lessons: How to Write About A Difficult Subject, by Bette Lynch Husted
Writing Lessons: Fictionalizing Memoir Writing, With David Harris-Gershon
CAN YOU – MAY YOU – FICTIONALIZE all or parts of your memoir writing? Such a good question, and one I turn over this week to the talented hands of David Harris-Gershon, author of the brand new, … [Read more...] about Writing Lessons: Fictionalizing Memoir Writing, With David Harris-Gershon
Writing Lessons: Reporting From a Subculture, with Shirley Hershey Showalter
HOW TO WRITE MEMOIR when your story involves a subculture that few people have ever witnessed? When Shirley Showalter proposed that to me as her topic for her Writing Lessons post, I knew we had hit … [Read more...] about Writing Lessons: Reporting From a Subculture, with Shirley Hershey Showalter
Writing Lessons: Recalling Details When Writing Memoir, with Lila Q. Weaver
Having always wanted to feature a graphic memoir here on Writing Lessons, I knew I had the right writer when I read a review of Lila Quintero Weaver’s astonishing book, Darkroom, A Memoir in Black … [Read more...] about Writing Lessons: Recalling Details When Writing Memoir, with Lila Q. Weaver
Writing Lessons: How To Write From Memory, With Nancy Henderson-James
OUR NEXT WRITER will take on the slippery topic of bridging the gap from the here to the then – that distance of writing from memory. Nancy Henderson-James is another author from Plain View Press, a … [Read more...] about Writing Lessons: How To Write From Memory, With Nancy Henderson-James
