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
The Memoir Project Blog
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
How To Take on Tough Memoir Topics? Write Like David Leite
IF YOU CONTACT ME about my memoir coaching and writing instruction, and if you tell me the memoir topics you want to braid together in one book include love of food, the struggle to come out and be … [Read more...] about How To Take on Tough Memoir Topics? Write Like David Leite
Three Big Tips for Writing A Personal Essay
EVERY YEAR OR SO, I read another high-minded piece on how the personal essay is dead. And every year or so, I get to have the same, good-hearted laugh. The personal essay, that manageable, distinctive … [Read more...] about Three Big Tips for Writing A Personal Essay
A September 11th Remembrance
HOW TO WRITE the personal essay is something I cover in my many online memoir classes. I've written many essays, including those I read during my time as a commentator for NPR's All Things Considered. … [Read more...] about A September 11th Remembrance
