HOW TO BEGIN A MEMOIR rattles most writers, though perhaps none more than those who had eccentric childhoods. When growing up amid the crazy or quirky stuff of life, competing, vivid images provide a … [Read more...] about Writing Lessons: How to Begin a Memoir
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Ban All Writing Exercises and Prompts. Now.
NO MORE WRITING EXERCISES. I mean it. from this day forward you are to ban all writing prompts. If you are going to learn how to write memoir, you need to learn to write with intent. That’s my phrase … [Read more...] about Ban All Writing Exercises and Prompts. Now.
Insanely Practical Writing Advice
PROBABLY THE SINGLE SENTENCE I say most in my memoir teaching and coaching practice is to “read above your head and write within your means.” These are words I live by, saying them to myself every … [Read more...] about Insanely Practical Writing Advice
New Memoir to Read, 3 from La La Land
IN THE RUN-UP to the holidays it seemed like there was no new memoir to read. Uh oh, I thought. This was not good. And then things changed. “Ah,” I said yesterday, as I read through my Google search … [Read more...] about New Memoir to Read, 3 from La La Land
5 Tools I Can’t Write Without
There are five essential tools I have on my desk every day when I write -- five tools that I cannot write without. These are five tools every writer needs. They have not changed in many years and I … [Read more...] about 5 Tools I Can’t Write Without
A List of Great New Memoir To Read
MAKING THAT NEW YEAR resolution to write memoir? Let me help you. Here is some new memoir to read that will teach, inspire, inform and otherwise provoke you to get to work. The first is from two … [Read more...] about A List of Great New Memoir To Read
