‘What’s an example of good memoir writing?’ I’m often asked this question, so here goes…
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“Sorry this letter is so long. I didn’t have time to write a shorter one”
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How do we write about something we don’t fully remember?
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Every good sentence has something to teach us about writing.
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“I only write when I’m inspired, so I see to it that I’m inspired every morning at 9 o’clock.”
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“Your memoir is about something you know after something you’ve been through.”
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I'm still recovering from the body-blow of brilliance that is Sarah Polley’s new memoir, Run Towards the Danger.
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"The most regretful people on earth are those who felt the call to creative work, who felt their own creative power restive and uprising, and gave to it neither power nor time." Mary Oliver
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Write a dialogue about a topic you feel strongly about, an issue or situation about which you know you are ‘right.’
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We’re not always ready to write the story that lives in us. But we can write our way to readiness.
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Birds Art Life is an exquisite meditation on the peaceful beauty that can be found when we devote ourselves to simply noticing. It is also, for anyone looking to write a memoir, a fabulous lesson in structure.
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The word ‘memoir’ is often equated with a book-length work, but it doesn’t need to be. In fact, trying NOT to write a book might actually help you write it.
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People often get stuck when they try to write their stories from the beginning. But books and stories are virtually never written in the order they appear.
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We can tie ourselves in knots worrying about what other people will think of what we write, but that only keeps us from doing the writing we wish to do.
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If you want to learn how to pen a sad story in such a way that it is a gift to its readers, this is your book.
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I'm sometimes asked who "owns" a story and who "gets to write" a story with multiple players, some of whom may not want the story to be written.
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Memoir writing and fiction writing use many of the same techniques and require similar considerations, questions and investigations.
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