JUST WHAT IS MEMOIR? Is it one big book that begins with your great-great-grandfather, and ends with what you had for lunch today, or is it more a process of selection? You can tell from the way I … [Read more...] about Writing Lessons: Just What is Memoir? With Kevin Fenton
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Writing Lessons: How to Get Started Writing a Book, With Jennifer Richardson
HOW TO GET STARTED WRITING A BOOK does not always involve cleaning your refrigerator, shopping online, or an urgent organization of your shoes. That’s just me. For more practical help on how to begin … [Read more...] about Writing Lessons: How to Get Started Writing a Book, With Jennifer Richardson
Writing Lessons: How to Write a Book Based on a Persuasive Sentence
IT IS A PARTICULAR JOY when a former student of mine publishes a book. Such is the case with this week’s writer, AnnE O’Neill, whose marvelous memoir is celebrating its pub date this week. (And yes, … [Read more...] about Writing Lessons: How to Write a Book Based on a Persuasive Sentence
Writing Lessons: How to Curate Your Life Through Memoir, With Karen Dietrich
THINKING OF YOURSELF as the curator of your own life has many advantages, particularly if you want to write memoir. When author Karen Dietrich proposed this as her Writing Lessons topic, I smiled from … [Read more...] about Writing Lessons: How to Curate Your Life Through Memoir, With Karen Dietrich
Rethinking Morning Pages. Kind of. Sort Of. Not Really.
IF THE WRITER JULIA CAMERON had said something other than she did about what she has branded “morning pages,” I might feel better about them than I do. But she didn’t, and I don't, and it was not … [Read more...] about Rethinking Morning Pages. Kind of. Sort Of. Not Really.
Writing Lessons: How to Write About A Difficult Subject, by Bette Lynch Husted
HOW TO TELL a difficult tale? It’s a topic Bette Lynch Husted, our new guest blogger, eagerly took on when she suggested writing about a very under-reported aspect of diversity -- class. I was … [Read more...] about Writing Lessons: How to Write About A Difficult Subject, by Bette Lynch Husted
