TALKING ABOUT HOW TO find your writer's voice is a conversation that can get flimsy quickly. After all, one's real writing voice may elude you for years as you try on the aspects of other writers you … [Read more...] about How to Find Your Writer’s Voice, With Jeff Goins
The Memoir Project Blog
How to Write Good Characterization in Memoir? Think Pooh
PEOPLE ARE ALL ABOUT telling you who you are. Well, kind of. These days, revelatory or confessional conversation is all the rage, of course, but much of it is peppered with shortcuts, with even the … [Read more...] about How to Write Good Characterization in Memoir? Think Pooh
How To Craft A Story, With Jack Hitt
AT THE HEART OF all good writing is learning how to craft a story. Note that word "learning," in the previous phrase. Writers learn every day -- or we should -- and despite the recent craze for the … [Read more...] about How To Craft A Story, With Jack Hitt
Why to Practice Writing, with Joe Bunting
ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I field regularly is how and why to practice writing. As anyone who knows me knows, I eschew all writing prompts and exercises. But that does not mean I do not practice writing. I … [Read more...] about Why to Practice Writing, with Joe Bunting
How to Be a Food Writer – and More – with David Leite
OF THE MANY TYPES OF WRITERS there are, among my favorite groups of people to talk to is food writers. They are also among my favorite to read. And how to be a food writer is a topic that I also love … [Read more...] about How to Be a Food Writer – and More – with David Leite
How to Develop Your Writing Brand, with Jane Friedman
HOW TO DEVELOP YOUR writing brand? You need one, you know. Oh, you didn't know? Well, listen to Jane Friedman, my personal favorite authority on all things having to do with the business of writing, … [Read more...] about How to Develop Your Writing Brand, with Jane Friedman