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Tag Archives: memoir
Thoughts on teaching–a retrospective.
I originally posted this about five years, seven or eight books, and a bunch of classes ago. I believe it’s still relevant and may be of interest. When I first declared myself a writer, long ago, I had no idea … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir, novel writing, Writing
Tagged creative writing, ex-military, learning, memoir, senior citizen, student, teaching, Writing
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How much of you should go in your book?
While the answer is obvious for those who write memoir or family histories, the question becomes a great deal trickier when one is writing fiction. To a certain extent, all of what we put in a novel is derived from … Continue reading
Posted in Historical writing, Memoir, novel writing, Writing
Tagged amplify, emotion, feelings, imagination, Mark Twain, memoir, memory, personal experience, risk, Rowling, Sam Clemens, sensation, sensory words, write what you know
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Adios Georgia Writers Association
For years I have looked forward to the Georgia Author of the Year (GAYA) competition. Sadly, I won’t be looking forward to it in the future because the sponsoring organization, Georgia Writers Association, after 53 years, has turned its back … Continue reading
Posted in editing, Historical writing, Memoir, novel writing, Writing
Tagged agent, Author of the Year, award, bad writing, chapbook, editing, editor, gatekeeper, GAYA, Georgia, Georgia Writers Association, independence, independent publishing, memoir, Self publishing, traditional publishing, Writing
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What I Learned Writing “The Music of Her Life”
This is the second post in a series about the writing experience — first-hand accounts of the hardships and joys of the creative process. Judy McManus, a gifted writer, client, and former student penned an outstanding first work, and she’s … Continue reading
Posted in Guest posts, novel writing, Writing
Tagged Artie Shaw, author, big band, divorce, fact-based fiction, first book, Glenn Miller, Greatest Generation, harassment, memoir, perfection, struggle, typos, women in the workplace, writer's block, Writing, WWII
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What I learned writing “The Queen of Everything”
I’ve asked several of my writer friends to share some of the issues they faced and overcame in the process of writing their books. Sonya Braverman dared to go first. Her story is not only compelling and well-told, it’s true. Click … Continue reading
Posted in Guest posts, Memoir, Writing
Tagged addiction, alcohol, alcoholism, alienation, autobiography, fear, feelings, lie, lies, memoir, pain, recall, telling the truth, trauma, truth
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Character Emotions — Part One
In the writer’s workshop I conducted this past spring, we spent some time discussing ways to portray the emotions of our characters. It seemed evident, to me anyway, that too many of the participating writers were satisfied with static statements … Continue reading
Posted in Historical writing, Memoir, novel writing, Writing
Tagged character development, emotion, Fiction, memoir, reality, sensory, Writing
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Edit your writing; don’t edit your life
Most of us have had moments in our lives when something bad happened. The scale of “bad” is incredibly broad. It stretches from forgettable to life-changing and covers a staggering array of situations, actions, reactions, and consequences. For memoir writers, … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged bad memories, edit, editing, guilt, hard truth, hero, heroine, memoir, regret, sin, storytelling, truth, what others think
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