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It's Your Memoir & You Can Cry IF You want to

Inevitably in memoir workshops people worry about what their family and friends will think or say about their work. It's not only that we...

Let your Characters Create the Plot, So you Don't have to

Okay, that is admittedly a snide title. Of course you create the plot! But here's what this really means: finding a plot/story that...

Does It Matter If Your Protagonist is "Relatable?"

In my book groups I have often heard readers complain that they could not “relate” to the protagonist. The first time I heard it I was...

M e m o i r W r i t i n g - A FEW TIPS

1. Memoir is not autobiography. You do not “start” at the beginning. Memoir is a “slice of life.” 2. Write about any time or...

When Is A "Critique" really Criticism?

My tales of woe, or, what I have been told: 1. From Gordon Lish, the once (in)famous editor of "The Quarterly." "YOU COULD BE A WRITER IF...

Worst Advice For Fiction Writers

"The process is the prize when it comes to creative writing. Try to enjoy it." The list below is for all of us who wanted to write but...

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