WRITING ABOUT THE TOUGHEST stuff of life will include the kind of struggle you need to prepare for. Simple as that. You will change your mind, your methods, your voice, your approach, perhaps your … [Read more...] about How to Write The Truth About Tough Times
The Two Words No Memoir Writer Should Ever Use
ARE THERE SOME PHRASES that should never appear in print? Maybe, maybe not. After all, I’m all for place savers -- cliches, song lyrics, bumper sticker phrases -- in that infamous vomit draft I write … [Read more...] about The Two Words No Memoir Writer Should Ever Use
Writing Lessons: Writing Memoir in The Present Tense
WRITING MEMOIR IN PRESENT TENSE suits grief in ways that the past tense simply cannot provide. Think about it for a moment and you may agree. Or better yet, read Amy Biancolli on writing her new book, … [Read more...] about Writing Lessons: Writing Memoir in The Present Tense
Writing Lessons: Need Help With Your Memoir? Call The Midwife
A FEW WEEKS AGO I ran a piece about getting help from a sibling while writing memoir. But how about getting professional writing help? What does that look like, and how does that work? When I was … [Read more...] about Writing Lessons: Need Help With Your Memoir? Call The Midwife
Writing Lessons: Getting Help Writing Memoir
GETTING HELP WRITING MEMOIR can be as simple or as complicated as you want to make it. So why not make it simple? Help is sometimes as close as a sibling who offers to read your work. That is what … [Read more...] about Writing Lessons: Getting Help Writing Memoir
What to Read: A New Memoir from Senator Kirsten Gillibrand
WHEN NEW YORK SENATOR KIRSTEN GILLIBRAND decided to write a memoir, she apparently knew a solid thing or two about the genre. She knew that memoir was not about me – or, in this case, her – that it … [Read more...] about What to Read: A New Memoir from Senator Kirsten Gillibrand
