Does It Have to Be Memoir?: Reimagining Your True Story
We endlessly negotiate the temptations of fiction as we write memoir. What if we yielded?
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We endlessly negotiate the temptations of fiction as we write memoir. What if we yielded?
Delicious to read, devilishly difficult to write, micro memoir requires great story-telling skill and evocative language.
Mental health stories speak to our darkest truths and teach us what it means to be human. Learn five craft tools for telling your own.
What does having a strong writing voice mean, and how can writers develop their own?
You have a story burning inside – something you’ve experienced and overcome, or perhaps a family story that needs to be told and preserved for future generations.
Are you working on a novel, short story or memoir? Scenes are your building blocks.
Homes protect us, they contain us, they extend us, they release us. They also shape us. Memoir helps show us how.
Say goodbye to writer’s block by leveraging the structure and freedom of an outline.
Build on traditional narrative structure and break out of old forms to tell your story in fresh ways.
Many writers have strong language skills—the writing is beautiful. But to attract readers, it’s helpful to stop writing, and spend time crafting ways to engage the reader’s attention from start to finish.
It’s time to revise your first draft, but where to begin? Focusing on five key elements will help you rewrite a better, deeper book.
Unlock the power of sensory detail to breathe life into your characters and create unforgettable stories that resonate with readers.
