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Perfect Short Memoir Opportunity | Valentine’s Day Prompt
Yes — Valentine’s Day. What if you gave a piece of yourself to your Valentine -
Memoir How To | Stimuli for Stories
As I’ve said a bunch of times, our lives are made up of millions of -
Memoir Examples | Memoir How To
I have been diligently checking through my analytics to find out what people that are landing on -
To Outline or Not to Outline | That’s the Question
Hi, my name is Mandee and I am an outliner. Yup, I admit it. When -
Descriptive Writing | Learn by Example
A picture may be worth a thousand words but painting a picture with words is
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Resources more »
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Personal Essay or Memoir? | Great Memoir Resource
I found an interesting memoir resource today. It is from the Purdue University OWL site -
Stay Out of the Rejection Pile | Memoir Writing
Memoir writing and fiction writing are similar in form. Obviously, the difference being a story -
Memoir How To | Writer’s Block
I have run into a road block… err.. writers block. So, I stopped writing and -
Who is Your Audience | Memoir
I recently had a question from an online acquaintance and I thought I would address -
Memoir Writing | Telling the Truth in Your Memoir
How can you write a true life story or memoir and know it is the
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Learning Memoir more »
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Fiction Techniques for Memoir Writing
One of my favorite fiction writers is James Patterson. I recently discovered his books and -
Turning Points and Memoir Writing
What a Memoir Is A memoir is capturing and focusing on one portion of your -
Personal Essay or Memoir? | Great Memoir Resource
I found an interesting memoir resource today. It is from the Purdue University OWL site -
Perfect Short Memoir Opportunity | Valentine’s Day Prompt
Yes — Valentine’s Day. What if you gave a piece of yourself to your Valentine -
Stay Out of the Rejection Pile | Memoir Writing
Memoir writing and fiction writing are similar in form. Obviously, the difference being a story
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Stories more »
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Happy Birthday Bill | The Golf Shoes
May 5th, Cinco De Mayo, my father-in-law would have celebrated his 74th birthday. Unfortunately, he -
The Prodigal Son Returns
It’s been a rough 3 years. Four moves in three years but each time, for -
September Morn…
I walked to the steaming coffee pot this morning, after a pit stop in the -
Memoir OR Fiction based in Real Life, Part II
In the first part of this 2 part series (Memoir OR Ficton based in Real -
Memoir OR Fiction based in Real Life
I have been flitting around the net recently and through different search phrases, have happened
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Memoir Prompts more »
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Turning Points and Memoir Writing
What a Memoir Is A memoir is capturing and focusing on one portion of your -
Personal Essay or Memoir? | Great Memoir Resource
I found an interesting memoir resource today. It is from the Purdue University OWL site -
Perfect Short Memoir Opportunity | Valentine’s Day Prompt
Yes — Valentine’s Day. What if you gave a piece of yourself to your Valentine -
Starting (or Finishing) Your Memoir | Memoir Writing 2012
It’s a new year! With it, we all have goals or resolutions we make and -
Memoir and the Holidays
Happy Holidays everyone! Yes, I’m still here though it’s been a while. I apologize for
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Remembering more »
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Happy Birthday Bill | The Golf Shoes
May 5th, Cinco De Mayo, my father-in-law would have celebrated his 74th birthday. Unfortunately, he -
Memoir How To | Stimuli for Stories
As I’ve said a bunch of times, our lives are made up of millions of -
“But I don’t have a story!”
I was talking with my neighbor tonight and we got on the subject of writing -
Remembering
I have been trying to put together a story about my dad’s time in Vietnam. -
It gets Easier…
Yes, I am finding that going through a similar situation, it gets easier. When we
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Other Recent Articles
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Deja vu | Something Was Wrong
Two years ago this past December, I had the worst day of my life. I wrote about it in a short essay titled Something Was Wrong — A Daughter’s Story. It lives with me everyday. Two nights ago, I had a bit of deja vu. It was New Year’s Eve afternoon and we were moving [...]
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How Much Truth in Memoir?
In my last post, Memoir Writing | Telling the Truth in Your Memoir, I talked about never outright lying or making things up, but how memory is subjective. If you are true to yourself and your memory, you will be fine. This week, I want to talk about how much truth you need to have [...]
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Stimulating Memories | Memoir Writing
Today, I was gearing up to clean house. This is quite a chore right now since we are also in the midst of packing and moving. But, since I had uncovered some dust and debris while wrapping and packing treasures to take to the new house, I figured now was as good a time as [...]
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Memoir Writing | What to Leave Out
I’ve talked before about collapsing minor characters in your memoir. I’ve also talked about not dwelling on details that don’t move the story along. Sometimes leaving out certain things will say more that including something you think is very important. How do you do this? Is there a good exercise for this? I’m glad you asked… [...]
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The Dance
The prompt for this short memoir writing was – “A Serreal Moment in your Life.” The glorious light — amber, crimson, and gold with hints of azure — had a life unto itself. Beautiful even as it consumed its victim. Shimmering and swaying at the mercy of the wind, the dance continued. It would [...]
