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Memoir coach and author Marion Roach

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How to Write Memoir About Identity, with Melissa Faliveno

  MELISSA FALIVENO HAS JUST published a debut essay collection, TOMBOYLAND (Topple Books, 2020), which was named by NPR, New York Public Library, Oprah Magazine, Vogue, Electric Literature, … [Read more...] about How to Write Memoir About Identity, with Melissa Faliveno

How to Say it With Words? Like This.

https://youtu.be/rucUllsq8y8 SOMETIMES WRITERS GET INVITED to do things they have only dreamed about. I once dreamed about writing and publishing songs, and spent my teens at the piano composing … [Read more...] about How to Say it With Words? Like This.

How to Research and Write a Biography, with Scott Bane

  SCOTT BANE'S JOURNALISM HAS appeared in Contrary Magazine, Into The Void, Christopher Street, The Huffington Post, and Poets & Writers. His essays are in The New England Journal of … [Read more...] about How to Research and Write a Biography, with Scott Bane

WRITE FOR YOUR LIFE

How Writing Improves Your Life, with Anna Quindlen

  ANNA QUINDLEN KNOWS HOW writing improves your life. She's a memoirist, novelist and journalist whose work has appeared on fiction, non-fiction and self-help bestseller lists. Her memoir, … [Read more...] about How Writing Improves Your Life, with Anna Quindlen

Pathological: The True Story of Six Misdiagnoses

How to Write a Medical Memoir About Your Own Health, with Sarah Fay

SARAH FAY KNOWS ABOUT how to write a medical memoir. Her new book, based on the six mental health misdiagnoses she received, got her to look hard at how we diagnose mental health and resulted in her … [Read more...] about How to Write a Medical Memoir About Your Own Health, with Sarah Fay

How to Find Writing Inspiration in Your Own Life, with Songwriter Andy Aledort

SONGWRITER ANDY ALEDORT KNOWS about how to find writing inspiration in your own life. He finds it in his. He is back on The QWERTY podcast to talk to us about his new album, writing song lyrics, and … [Read more...] about How to Find Writing Inspiration in Your Own Life, with Songwriter Andy Aledort

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So much of life speaks to us. Listen. Here, in the So much of life speaks to us. Listen. Here, in the outlines of a lost building, there is so much metaphor. Consider what you see. Believe in it. And write.
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