LOCATING AN AUDIENCE is the ultimate chicken and egger of writing. Do you think about them before you write, as you write, or only after you write? These are questions I get all the time. And they may … [Read more...] about Writing Lessons: Writing for An Audience
The Memoir Project Blog
How To Tap Into Creativity On Your Own Time and Terms
SOMETIMES CREATIVE INSPIRATION tries to knock right on your head. You've had this happen: That feeling that you should be paying attention right this minute to that story idea that seemed to just fly … [Read more...] about How To Tap Into Creativity On Your Own Time and Terms
Writing Lessons: How To Write About Your Family When Writing Memoir
HOW TO WRITE ABOUT YOUR FAMILY when writing memoir is one of the great dilemmas facing us all, and when author Sheila Collins proposed the topic for her Writing Lessons post, I knew that you and I … [Read more...] about Writing Lessons: How To Write About Your Family When Writing Memoir
Writing Lessons: How to Access the Details for Writing Memoir
HOW TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT DETAILS when writing memoir is one of the more perplexing issues facing any of us, and we face it every single time we sit down to write. It’s a question I get in every memoir … [Read more...] about Writing Lessons: How to Access the Details for Writing Memoir
The New Memoir Project Blog
WELCOME TO THE NEW MEMOIR PROJECT BLOG. Let me show you around. You’ve been asking, and I’ve been listening to what you want to find here. My goal is to provide the best online advice on how to write … [Read more...] about The New Memoir Project Blog
Writing Lessons: How To Be Entertaining When Writing Memoir
WHENEVER I GIVE A TALK about how to write memoir, I always leave the E word for last. In fact, it is literally the last line on the index card I take with me to any talk on memoir, and the only full … [Read more...] about Writing Lessons: How To Be Entertaining When Writing Memoir
