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Writing in Five: Elizabeth Berg on What’s the Point?

by Matilda Butler on April 26, 2010

catnav-alchemy-activePost #6 – Memoir and Fiction, Writing Alchemy – Kendra Bonnett and Matilda Butler

Elizabeth Berg, New York Times bestseller author, is a prolific writer who has honed her skills over many years. About 10 years ago, she decided to share her insights and thoughts on the process of writing in her book, Escaping Into the Open: The Art of Writing True. This book is one of the many that Kendra Bonnett and I have explored during our research for our forthcoming book, Writing Alchemy. [click to continue…]

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Writing in Five: Anne Lamott on Starting Small

by Kendra BonnettApril 14, 2010
Writing in Five: Anne Lamott on Starting Small

For Writing in Five Quick Tips: Anne Lamott tells us that we need to go deep and provide as much detail as possible. We need to write all we can, and to get started on your huge writing project start small. Start with a short assignment, than another one, and another one, and so on.

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Interview with Bestselling Author Hope Edelman Provides Insights into Writing Memoir Openings and Using the Best of Non-Fiction Techniques

by Matilda ButlerSeptember 14, 2009
Interview with Bestselling Author Hope Edelman Provides Insights into Writing Memoir Openings and Using the Best of Non-Fiction Techniques

Interview with Hope Edelman, author of the bestseller Motherless Daughters, provides an important discussion of memoir openings and the use of creative non-fiction for memoirists. Join us as we talk with Hope about her new memoir: The Possibility of Everything.

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