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Memoir Writing Prompts: Three Views of Memoir and Truth, Part 3

by Matilda ButlerMay 17, 2011
Memoir Writing Prompts: Three Views of Memoir and Truth, Part 3

Matilda Butler discusses a third view of memoir and truth that causes us to consider the distinction between factual and emotional truths. Try these writing prompts and see if they help you dig more deeply into the emotions associated with your memoir.

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How Do Writing and Healing Come Together for You? #8

by Matilda ButlerMay 15, 2011
How Do Writing and Healing Come Together for You? #8

Join us as a memoir author shares her insights into the role of writing for healing in her life as she struggles with multiple sclerosis.

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Memoir Writing Contest: The 1958 Christmas Tree by Mary Edge

by Matilda ButlerMay 12, 2011
Memoir Writing Contest: The 1958 Christmas Tree by Mary Edge

Mary Edge shares her award-winning memoir vignette (Favorite Holiday Contest), a story about a special Christmas tree. It will take you back to simpler times and family joys.

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Memoir Writing Tip: Continuing with Character Development

by Matilda ButlerMay 11, 2011
Memoir Writing Tip: Continuing with Character Development

Post #56 – Women’s Memoirs, Author Conversations – Kendra Bonnett and Matilda Butler Memoir Writing: Don’t Forget About Characters Recently, Kendra and I were invited to write a guest article about memoir and character for the website: WOW-Women on Writing. As you know, for the past two days, we’ve brought you the insightful discussion of […]

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Memoir Writing Tip: More on Develop Your Characters, An Interview with Martha Engber

by Matilda ButlerMay 10, 2011
Memoir Writing Tip: More on Develop Your Characters, An Interview with Martha Engber

Martha Engber, author of Growing Great Characters from the Ground Up, share two additional problems that memoir writers encounter with the people in their stories and provides a solution to each. She concludes with her Character Bill of Rights.

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Memoir Writing Tip: Develop Your Characters, An Interview with Martha Engber

by Matilda ButlerMay 9, 2011
Memoir Writing Tip: Develop Your Characters, An Interview with Martha Engber

Martha Engber, author of Growing Great Characters from the Ground Up shares two classic problems memoir writers have when writing about characters — and provides helpful solutions.

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Memoir Writing Contest: Lime Jell-O by Judith Newton

by Matilda ButlerMay 8, 2011
Memoir Writing Contest: Lime Jell-O by Judith Newton

Honoring Our Mothers and Grandmothers and our own Mothering — Memoir Writing Contest Winners: Judith Newton’s memoir vignette, Lime Jell-O, tells of a difficult mother-daughter relationship that is never resolved. And yet, at the end, the daughter is there to offer comfort.

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