NOT ALL OF MY CLOSEST FRIENDS ARE HUMAN. For me, friendship requires some degree of comfort and support, a whole lot of encouragement, and the inclination on the part of that friend to get you out … [Read more...] about The Memoir Project: Use the Objects of Your Affection in Your Work
The Music of Writing
THE QUESTION WAS SIMPLE: What is the difference between what your piece of memoir is about and the plot of that memoir? The person asking it is a client of my memoir editing services, and while I’ve … [Read more...] about The Music of Writing
How To Write Memoir: Be Your Own Cavalry
YOU ARE YOUR OWN CAVALRY. That’s the truth. As writers, we must come to our own rescue and show up with the goods. Another way I phrase this is by referring to myself "as a factory of one." And I am. … [Read more...] about How To Write Memoir: Be Your Own Cavalry
Writing Lessons: Getting Help Writing Memoir
GETTING HELP WRITING MEMOIR can be as simple or as complicated as you want to make it. So why not make it simple? Help is sometimes as close as a sibling who offers to read your work. That is what … [Read more...] about Writing Lessons: Getting Help Writing Memoir
Writing Lessons: Writing About An Exceptional Experience
SPEAKING WITH A STUDENT recently, I was dismayed when she claimed that hers was not an “exceptional” story. There was no death, no loss, and so she thought her story of little value. I disagreed. In … [Read more...] about Writing Lessons: Writing About An Exceptional Experience
Writing Lessons: How to Write A Participatory Memoir
PARTICIPATORY MEMOIR IS ONE of my favorite subgenres within my favorite type of writing. It’s where the writer goes and does something and writes about it, and while you could easily argue – and be … [Read more...] about Writing Lessons: How to Write A Participatory Memoir