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Writing Prompt: Who Owns the Story, Part 1

by Matilda ButlerApril 6, 2010
Writing Prompt: Who Owns the Story, Part 1

Writing Prompt: Janet Riehl and Stephanie Farrow bring you the first of a two part article about ownership of our stories. Then they give you three writing prompts to get you thinking and writing.

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500 Words (or More) Writing Prompt #21 – Hanging Up Your Stories

by Promptly PortlandMarch 30, 2010
500 Words (or More) Writing Prompt #21 – Hanging Up Your Stories

Promptly Portland changes the usual writing prompt into an organizing prompt exercise. If you have a number of vignettes without an organizational framework, this exercise is both fun and helpful.

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500 Words (or More): Memoir Writing Prompt #20 – The Influence of Color

by Promptly PortlandMarch 23, 2010
500 Words (or More): Memoir Writing Prompt #20 – The Influence of Color

Writing Prompt: Promptly Portland is back and this time she has us thinking about crayons and the color of our words. Do you know the most popular Crayola color? Be sure to read her writing prompt and you’ll find out.

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500 Words (or More): Memoir Writing Prompt #19 and The Past, the Present, the Future — All at Once

by Promptly PortlandMarch 16, 2010
500 Words (or More): Memoir Writing Prompt #19 and The Past, the Present, the Future — All at Once

Memoir Writing Prompt: Promptly Portland provides a writing exercise to help us explore three perspectives on time.

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Memoir Guest Blog and Writing Prompt: Linda Joy Myers Discusses the Power of Memoir

by Kendra BonnettMarch 2, 2010
Memoir Guest Blog and Writing Prompt: Linda Joy Myers Discusses the Power of Memoir

As part of our Author Conversations series, author/therapist Linda Joy Myers posts her guest blog on Women’s Memoirs. She discusses the power of memoir as a healing tool. On Friday, Matilda and Kendra interview Linda Joy on the subject of her new book “The Power of Memoir: How to Write Your Healing Story.”

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500 Words (or more): Memoir Writing Prompt #18 and Words, Bonus

by Promptly PortlandFebruary 23, 2010
500 Words (or more): Memoir Writing Prompt #18 and Words, Bonus

Promptly Portland surprises us with a bonus after the trilogy of blogs on words. Three examples are chosen to illustrate the point and get you thinking. Have your own favorite memoir? Be sure to leave the name in the Comments section to share with other writers.

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Memoir Guest Blog and Writing Prompt: Judy Mandel Discusses the Challenges When the Story Is Not Forthcoming

by Kendra BonnettFebruary 16, 2010
Memoir Guest Blog and Writing Prompt: Judy Mandel Discusses the Challenges When the Story Is Not Forthcoming

Judy Mandel, author of “Replacement Child,” shares a family tragedy that took place almost two years before she was born. Judy’s storytelling is so powerful, you feel as though you were a witness on that fateful day in 1952. But that’s only half of this story: Judy weaves her story as the replacement child for sister Donna lost in the crash–her own life unfolding in between chapters that bring us ever closer to the tragic accident. This memoir is dramatically and rtfully told.

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