SINCE PUBLICATION OF THE MEMOIR PROJECT, my irreverent little book on how to write memoir, there has not been one day that I have not wanted to tweak it, adding a small thought or a phrase to what I … [Read more...] about How To Write That First, Messy Draft: The Perfect Recipe
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How to Overcome Writer’s Block
IS THIS YOU IN THE PHOTO? Is this what you do during the time you set aside to work on your memoir? Are you stuck in your writing? Do you get up out of the chair and walk around, get distracted and … [Read more...] about How to Overcome Writer’s Block
How True Does Memoir Have to Be?
How true does memoir have to be? It’s a fine question and one I get a lot as a memoir coach and writing teacher. And it’s one I’ve asked myself many times, of course, particularly when wrestling with … [Read more...] about How True Does Memoir Have to Be?
How To Write About the Big Stuff of Life? Go Small
ACCENTUATE THE COMPLICATED. Yes, I know, the phrase does not have the syncopation of the wildly more popular (as well as musical), “Ac-cen-tu-ate the positive,” but as far as I can tell, the … [Read more...] about How To Write About the Big Stuff of Life? Go Small
Family on its Way? Seven Successful Secrets for Capturing them in Memoir
IT ARRIVES FOUR TIMES EACH YEAR. You think I mean the seasons changing, don't you? Nope. Not that. Or, more to the point, all that plus this one other altogether totemic quarterly moment that happens … [Read more...] about Family on its Way? Seven Successful Secrets for Capturing them in Memoir
Look to Life’s Small Moments When Writing What You Know
WRITE WHAT YOU KNOW. You know the expression. But what does it mean and how do you do it? First and foremost, it requires nothing less than chucking the Big Bang notion of reality TV, talk radio, and … [Read more...] about Look to Life’s Small Moments When Writing What You Know
