SHIRLEY SHOWALTER IS an award-winning educator, author, and speaker who has joined us on The Qwerty podcast to talk about how to write memoir. Listen in and read along as we discuss that, … [Read more...] about How to Write Memoir, with Shirley Showalter
How to Write Descriptions That Paint a Vivid Picture For Your Reader
ALMOST EVERY DAY I get a question from a writer about how to describe something or someone. I work as a writing coach and memoir editor, and I teach many online memoir classes. Every time I'm asked … [Read more...] about How to Write Descriptions That Paint a Vivid Picture For Your Reader
How to Write a Memoir in a Graduation Speech
AS WRITERS, WE GET called on to do all manners of wild things. Some years ago, this included giving the cum laude gradation speed at my daughter's single-sex school. It seemed like a great challenge, … [Read more...] about How to Write a Memoir in a Graduation Speech
How to Write Good Characterization in Memoir? Think Pooh
PEOPLE ARE ALL ABOUT telling you who you are. Well, kind of. These days, revelatory or confessional conversation is all the rage, of course, but much of it is peppered with shortcuts, with even the … [Read more...] about How to Write Good Characterization in Memoir? Think Pooh
How To Write Your Memoir: A 3-Step Guide
THERE ARE THREE MUST-HAVE COMPONENTS TO ANY PIECE OF MEMOIR, and knowing what they are will instantly allow you to get to work writing well. Master these, and you can have a writing life. It’s as … [Read more...] about How To Write Your Memoir: A 3-Step Guide
Writing Lessons: How to Write a Memoir That Reads Like a Novel
IT'S A QUESTION I GET ALL THE TIME: How to write a memoir that reads like a novel? How to make it a page-turner and give it a fiction-like feel in its fine plot? All good questions, and … [Read more...] about Writing Lessons: How to Write a Memoir That Reads Like a Novel