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Memoir Writing Tips: Exercises Inspired by Bach and Cicero

by Matilda ButlerMay 18, 2012
Memoir Writing Tips: Exercises Inspired by Bach and Cicero

Join Women’s Memoirs today as we explore writing tips inspired by J.S. Bach and M.T. Cicero. Let us know your thoughts by leaving us a note in the Comments section.

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Memoir Writing Tip: Joseph Campbell, The Supernatural Aid, and Road of Trials

by Matilda ButlerMay 14, 2012
Memoir Writing Tip: Joseph Campbell, The Supernatural Aid, and Road of Trials

Today Women’s Memoirs continues with our second day of exploring Joseph Campbell’s stages of the Hero’s Journey. This is the second of five days this week when we investigate the five stages that match with the five that memoir author Gail Straub uses to explain her mythic memoir journey.

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What Can Social Scientists Teach Writers? Writing Alchemy

by Kendra BonnettMay 7, 2012
What Can Social Scientists Teach Writers? Writing Alchemy

Women’s Memoirs and She Writes together. This week Kendra is Guest Editor for She Writes where she’ll be exploring a few of the lessons found in Writing Alchemy: How to Write Fast and Deep.

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News: Memoir Writing Contest and Independent Publisher Article

by Matilda ButlerMay 5, 2012
News: Memoir Writing Contest and Independent Publisher Article

Two News Items from Women’s Memoirs: Memoir contest deadline is June 1; Independent Publisher features Women in Publishing with Kendra Bonnett and Matilda Butler

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Memoir Book Business: The World of Publishing Continues to Change

by Matilda ButlerMay 4, 2012
Memoir Book Business: The World of Publishing Continues to Change

Women’s Memoirs shares our thoughts of changes in the book publishing world and what it means to memoir writers.

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Memoir Writing Tip: 5 Tips for Writing About a Liar

by Matilda ButlerMay 2, 2012
Memoir Writing Tip: 5 Tips for Writing About a Liar

Five memoir writing tips to use when you need to write about a person who is lying. It’s this level of detail that enables you to show rather than tell what is happening.

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Journaling for Memoir: You Are a Character, Too

by Amber Lea StarfireApril 14, 2012
Journaling for Memoir: You Are a Character, Too

Post #55 Memoir Writing, Journaling by Amber Lea Starfire – I remember the first time I thought of myself as a character in my memoir. I was listening to a teacher in my MFA program describe how hard it had been to create his own character on the page. The idea of myself as character […]

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