You can tell a story, right? We all do it at some point. Whether it’s a joke, a recent incident or a memory, we all tell stories. At parties, at work, school and at home around the family dinner table, we tell stories to each other. Memoir writing is telling a story about yourself or [...]
The Tender Land: A Family Love Story by Kathleen Finneran Just a quick post today… I was researching dialog writing in memoir when I ran across this article: “Lying in the Land of Memoir: Straddling the Line Between Fact and Fiction” by Kathleen Finneran on the Writer’s Store website. It was amazing! It should be [...]
It happens. It’s so easy to get lost in the world of learning about memoir. All the wonderful books that teach you about writing. There are books that address every aspect of writing and specific genres. Books about dialog, plot, scene building, organizing your memories, finding your theme, getting your book published, finding an agent, [...]
I just finished re-reading Plot & Structure, by James Scott Bell. Besides being an awesome writers resource, he goes deeper. He shares some of his own problems and solutions to writing a novel. Now, granted, this book is geared toward fiction writers but much of it can be adapted to work in the memoir genre. [...]
A memoir is a slice of your life — a day, a weekend, a year, 10 years — a portion that has a theme. That makes you the main character, the protagonist. However, the theme of your story — the reason you are writing it — is not you.You are simply the manifestation or vehicle [...]
I’m a sap. Let’s just get that out there right now. I like happy endings. The memoir genre, being only a slice of your life, has a good chance for ending happily. I guess I have always been drawn to the — obstacle enters — deal with obstacle — overcome or live with obstacle realization [...]
I read an awesome article that was in included in my paper.li Memoir Writing paper and just had to pass it along. I found myself at Meghan Ward’s blog titled Writerland. The article is 5 Things I’ve Learned About Memoir Writing. (I know that’s a lot of links, but I want to give credit where [...]
It’s a new year! With it, we all have goals or resolutions we make and try to reach or stick with. As an aspiring memoirist, we need to prioritize our memoir writing. Think about it — during the 2009 – 2010 television season, almost half (9) of the top twenty shows on TV were reality [...]
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 [...]
How can you write a true life story or memoir and know it is the truth? Okay, a couple of facts here… Memoir writing is based on writing from memory Memory is subjective. So what does this mean to me and my memoir? First of all, as log as you write the story the way [...]
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I have written all my life — some poetry, some personal essay, some memoir stories (longer than essay). I enjoy reading non-fiction as well as fiction. Life is about learning
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