HOW TO MAKE the personal public? Good question, isn't it? How to write a personal story is enough of a question, of course, but when you want to publish that story, offering it up for others to read … [Read more...] about Writing Lessons: How to Write A Personal Story & Make it Public, with Diane Cameron
The 3 Most Important Rules of Writing Memoir, with The Creative Penn
JOANNA PENN HELPS writers get to their work. Me, too. And so we got together via Skype the other day – she in London, me in upstate, New York – and talked about how to write memoir. Want to watch and … [Read more...] about The 3 Most Important Rules of Writing Memoir, with The Creative Penn
Writing Lessons: How to Reclaim the Fun In Memoir Writing, With J. Maarten Troost
AH, THE ADVENTURE MEMOIR. Of its writers, few have as distinctive a brand as J. Maarten Troost, whose debut book, The Sex Lives of Cannibals, established his memoir writing as including an eye for … [Read more...] about Writing Lessons: How to Reclaim the Fun In Memoir Writing, With J. Maarten Troost
Writing Lessons: What to Share When Writing Memoir, with Emma Brockes
I PURCHASED THE fine new memoir, She Left Me the Gun, immediately after reading The New York Times’ review of the book that read, in part, "It’s one of those memoirs that remind you why you liked … [Read more...] about Writing Lessons: What to Share When Writing Memoir, with Emma Brockes
Writing Lessons: Telling the Truth When Writing Memoir, with Beth Kephart
TELLING THE TRUTH -- how to do it, why it’s important, and how to avoid the temptation to stray from it – is perhaps the gnarliest of topics for memoir writers. And so I leave it to Beth Kephart, … [Read more...] about Writing Lessons: Telling the Truth When Writing Memoir, with Beth Kephart
Writing Lessons: How to Write A Memoir That You’d Like to Read
ONE OF THE BLURBS on the back of Mardi Jo Link’s new book, Bootstrapper, reads “A heroic-comic saga of single motherhood, pure stubbornness, and the loyalty of three young sons. And more than that, an … [Read more...] about Writing Lessons: How to Write A Memoir That You’d Like to Read
