A FEW WEEKS AGO I ran a piece about getting help from a sibling while writing memoir. But how about getting professional writing help? What does that look like, and how does that work? When I was … [Read more...] about Writing Lessons: Need Help With Your Memoir? Call The Midwife
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How To Master Memoir Writing. Consider a Low-Residency MFA
IS GETTING AN MFA in Creative Writing a dream of yours? Did you know that it can more easily be fulfilled at a low-residency program, where on-campus time can be as little as a few days in each … [Read more...] about How To Master Memoir Writing. Consider a Low-Residency MFA
Embracing the Therapy of Memoir Writing
MEMOIR WRITING IS THERAPEUTIC. Or so I’ve been told at least once in every one of the hundreds of memoir writing classes I’ve taught. And I agree. Most of the time I draw the line at it being therapy, … [Read more...] about Embracing the Therapy of Memoir Writing
Writing Lessons: Getting Help Writing Memoir
GETTING HELP WRITING MEMOIR can be as simple or as complicated as you want to make it. So why not make it simple? Help is sometimes as close as a sibling who offers to read your work. That is what … [Read more...] about Writing Lessons: Getting Help Writing Memoir
What to Read: A New Memoir from Senator Kirsten Gillibrand
WHEN NEW YORK SENATOR KIRSTEN GILLIBRAND decided to write a memoir, she apparently knew a solid thing or two about the genre. She knew that memoir was not about me – or, in this case, her – that it … [Read more...] about What to Read: A New Memoir from Senator Kirsten Gillibrand
Writing Lessons: How to Write Someone Else’s Story
WRITING SOMEONE ELSE'S STORY is always a difficult assignment. How, for instance, do you achieve the voice of the other, and how much of your own can seep in? These were some of the questions put … [Read more...] about Writing Lessons: How to Write Someone Else’s Story
