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
The Memoir Project Blog
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
Do Your Writing Routines Suffer from a Lack of Cardiofitness?
WHENEVER PEOPLE ASK me about writing, there is always a process question included, as in, “How do you actually do it?” By this, we're talking about writing routines, and the questions can vary as to … [Read more...] about Do Your Writing Routines Suffer from a Lack of Cardiofitness?
Writing Lessons: Fictionalizing Memoir Writing, With David Harris-Gershon
CAN YOU – MAY YOU – FICTIONALIZE all or parts of your memoir writing? Such a good question, and one I turn over this week to the talented hands of David Harris-Gershon, author of the brand new, … [Read more...] about Writing Lessons: Fictionalizing Memoir Writing, With David Harris-Gershon
Writing Lessons: Reporting From a Subculture, with Shirley Hershey Showalter
HOW TO WRITE MEMOIR when your story involves a subculture that few people have ever witnessed? When Shirley Showalter proposed that to me as her topic for her Writing Lessons post, I knew we had hit … [Read more...] about Writing Lessons: Reporting From a Subculture, with Shirley Hershey Showalter
