This week’s Writing in Five video is taken from The Writing Life by Annie Dillard. An essential book for anyone who writes. Whether writing a memoir, novel, essay or poem, Annie Dillard counsels writers to move forward. Progress and the final product are key.
It’s that time of year–back to school. But not only for the kids. You can make this the Fall that you get serious about starting your memoir…or maybe finally finishing it. Here are 10 resources and/or classes to get you moving.
This week’s Writing in Five video features David McCullough’s approach to research. His advice to “marinate the head” may just help you create vivid, believable characters. We hope you’ll watch this brief video and think about ways you can incorporate this writing tip into your work.
Call this “Writing Stuff that Came Across Kendra’s Desk.” This is a collection of 10 tips, news bits, videos and links that I discovered this week. The information should be useful to all writers of memoir, nonfiction and fiction.
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