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Crafting Memoir Openings

Writing in Five: William Zinsser on Openings

by Matilda Butler on May 3, 2010

catnav-alchemy-activePost #7 – Memoir and Fiction, Writing Alchemy – Kendra Bonnett and Matilda Butler

Reach out of the page and grab your reader by the arm. Tell her your story in such a riveting way that she sits down, absorbed with your tale, only standing up hours later. Maybe she’ll stay up all night, reading your book. [click to continue…]

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Crafting the Memoir Opening: Advice from Linda Joy Myers

by Matilda ButlerApril 5, 2010
Crafting the Memoir Opening: Advice from Linda Joy Myers

Interview with Linda Joy Myers highlights her two take-aways: (1) Play with you opening and (2) Finish your memoir then write your beginning. Listen to this 5 minute audio as Linda Joy shares her thoughts on crafting the opening to your memoir.

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500 Words (or more): Memoir Writing Prompt #17 and Words, Part 3

by Promptly PortlandFebruary 2, 2010
500 Words (or more): Memoir Writing Prompt #17 and Words, Part 3

Promptly Portland concludes the trilogy of posts looking a words. Open the memoir that sits on your desk or next to your bed to do the writing exercise. Then leave a comment for Promptly and you’ll be entered in February’s Comments Contest.

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Can You Match Memoir Openings with their Titles?

by Matilda ButlerJanuary 31, 2010
Can You Match Memoir Openings with their Titles?

Potpourri: Today, on Telling HerStories my blog poses a quiz. Read the opening to nine memoirs, look at the (out of order) list of memoir titles and authors and try to match then. Then answer the questions designed to get you thinking about what you just read. Finally, come to this blog to find the answer to the authorship of the nine memoir openings.

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Memoir Moment #9: Mary Gordon Spence Shares Her Thoughts on Memoir Openings

by Matilda ButlerJanuary 4, 2010
Memoir Moment #9: Mary Gordon Spence Shares Her Thoughts on Memoir Openings

Interview: Speaker, storyteller, and humorist Mary Gordon Spence shares her wisdom on effective memoir openings.

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