EVERY YEAR OR SO, I read another high-minded piece on how the personal essay is dead. And every year or so, I get to have the same, good-hearted laugh. The personal essay, that manageable, distinctive … [Read more...] about Three Big Tips for Writing A Personal Essay
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How to Start Writing Every Day
The greatest challenge to your writing career is not what you think. It’s not your job, kids, or your marriage; it’s also not your lack of a job, kids or a marriage or your prolonged search for any … [Read more...] about How to Start Writing Every Day
Your Biggest Challenges To Writing A Book? They Are Not What You Think
DOES WRITING A BOOK FEEL LIKE facing a hazardous obstacle course? It doesn't have to, because the biggest challenges to writing a book are not what you might think. Specifically, when writing memoir, … [Read more...] about Your Biggest Challenges To Writing A Book? They Are Not What You Think
How to Structure a Book? Learn How & Overcome Writing A Book’s Great Challenge
“What is the one thing I need to know to write a book?” I am asked this all the time, and I used to reply that it was knowing what the book is about. No more. I now know that the single greatest … [Read more...] about How to Structure a Book? Learn How & Overcome Writing A Book’s Great Challenge
Writing Lessons: Getting Published in an Anthology
GETTING PUBLISHED IN AN ANTHOLOGY is something I regularly recommend as a goal to my memoir coaching clients. It’s a joy to see your piece of memoir included in a book, of course, but the … [Read more...] about Writing Lessons: Getting Published in an Anthology
Writing What You Know: Online Workshop
For 20 years I have been teaching a class called Writing What You Know at a regional arts center in New York, at the famed Chautauqua Institute, and at writing retreats all over the country. It’s one … [Read more...] about Writing What You Know: Online Workshop