Comments on: “Finding Grace” by Donna VanLiere http://womensmemoirs.com/memoir-writing-prompts/finding-grace-by-donna-vanliere/ Memoir, Family History, Answers about Memoir Writing, Memoir Writing Workshops, Autobiography, Personal Stories, Journaling, Writing, Memoir Writing Prompts, Writing & Healing, Memoir Contests Mon, 21 May 2012 07:03:20 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: Allison http://womensmemoirs.com/memoir-writing-prompts/finding-grace-by-donna-vanliere/comment-page-1/#comment-322 Allison Sun, 05 Apr 2009 15:37:31 +0000 http://womensmemoirs.com/?p=558#comment-322 I've been trying to write my memoir and find my writing covers parts of my life that I didn't intend to write about. I wonder if you had a set plan, a good outline, that you found you could follow? Perhaps your story began to unfold as you wrote and you had to change your outline? I need some guidance as i think I am starting to falter in my writing. I’ve been trying to write my memoir and find my writing covers parts of my life that I didn’t intend to write about. I wonder if you had a set plan, a good outline, that you found you could follow? Perhaps your story began to unfold as you wrote and you had to change your outline?

I need some guidance as i think I am starting to falter in my writing.

]]> By: Women’s Memoirs » Blog Archive » Memoir Conversations #2: April 3, 2009 http://womensmemoirs.com/memoir-writing-prompts/finding-grace-by-donna-vanliere/comment-page-1/#comment-308 Women’s Memoirs » Blog Archive » Memoir Conversations #2: April 3, 2009 Sat, 04 Apr 2009 06:13:47 +0000 http://womensmemoirs.com/?p=558#comment-308 [...] For those interested in writing about traumatic events (#1 above), we recommend that you post your questions and tune in for our live interview with bestselling author Donna VanLiere on Tuesday, April 14 at 1 PM EST/10 AM Pacific). Donna’s memoir Finding Grace has just been published. Donna will be glad to answer your questions about writing a memoir that needed to address her childhood abuse. Be sure to post your questions in the Comments field of Donna’s guest blog on below. Click here to get to the specific blog post. [...] [...] For those interested in writing about traumatic events (#1 above), we recommend that you post your questions and tune in for our live interview with bestselling author Donna VanLiere on Tuesday, April 14 at 1 PM EST/10 AM Pacific). Donna’s memoir Finding Grace has just been published. Donna will be glad to answer your questions about writing a memoir that needed to address her childhood abuse. Be sure to post your questions in the Comments field of Donna’s guest blog on below. Click here to get to the specific blog post. [...]

]]> By: Halle S. http://womensmemoirs.com/memoir-writing-prompts/finding-grace-by-donna-vanliere/comment-page-1/#comment-296 Halle S. Wed, 01 Apr 2009 10:01:21 +0000 http://womensmemoirs.com/?p=558#comment-296 Hi, love your stories. I'd like to write a memoir about my family, but I can't help but wonder if my life and that of my family is special enough or unique enough. In other words, would anyone want to read it? I think they are pretty special but will the world? Hi, love your stories. I’d like to write a memoir about my family, but I can’t help but wonder if my life and that of my family is special enough or unique enough. In other words, would anyone want to read it? I think they are pretty special but will the world?

]]> By: Sally Speaker http://womensmemoirs.com/memoir-writing-prompts/finding-grace-by-donna-vanliere/comment-page-1/#comment-295 Sally Speaker Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:45:55 +0000 http://womensmemoirs.com/?p=558#comment-295 I recently looked back through many of the things I have written, most in poem form, and was emotionally "sucked back in" to the difficult times in my life when I wrote them. I was surprised by this "relapse," and I'm hesitant to try again. Do you know how I can go back into my old writings for inspiration and ideas without the risk of getting myself mired in old feelings? I recently looked back through many of the things I have written, most in poem form, and was emotionally “sucked back in” to the difficult times in my life when I wrote them. I was surprised by this “relapse,” and I’m hesitant to try again. Do you know how I can go back into my old writings for inspiration and ideas without the risk of getting myself mired in old feelings?

]]> By: Linda Austin http://womensmemoirs.com/memoir-writing-prompts/finding-grace-by-donna-vanliere/comment-page-1/#comment-294 Linda Austin Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:36:24 +0000 http://womensmemoirs.com/?p=558#comment-294 Your book has a theme to it, of being lost and finding your way. What if we don't have an overriding theme to our life, a problem or conflict? How do we make ordinary into interesting? Your book has a theme to it, of being lost and finding your way. What if we don’t have an overriding theme to our life, a problem or conflict? How do we make ordinary into interesting?

]]> By: Deborah Putting http://womensmemoirs.com/memoir-writing-prompts/finding-grace-by-donna-vanliere/comment-page-1/#comment-293 Deborah Putting Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:47:49 +0000 http://womensmemoirs.com/?p=558#comment-293 I'm trying to write my memoir and keep running into various problems. I wonder, what was the most difficult part of the writing process for you when you were working on your memoir? How did you overcome the problem or difficulty? I’m trying to write my memoir and keep running into various problems. I wonder, what was the most difficult part of the writing process for you when you were working on your memoir? How did you overcome the problem or difficulty?

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