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Journal Writing for Memoir: Use Your Journal to Practice Storytelling

by Amber Lea StarfireSeptember 11, 2010
Journal Writing for Memoir: Use Your Journal to Practice Storytelling

Your journal, in addition to being a place to record thoughts, feelings, reflections, and events in your life, is a great place to practice writing memoir using the art of storytelling. When you are journaling about your life you are, in fact, recording stories. And if you have stories that you’d like others to (eventually) read — whether family or a broader audience — why not also use your journal as a place to polish your storytelling skills?

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ScrapMoir How To #18: The Art of Photojournalism as a Tool in Scrapbooking and Writing Memoir

by Bettyann SchmidtSeptember 9, 2010
ScrapMoir How To #18: The Art of Photojournalism as a Tool in Scrapbooking and Writing Memoir

Bettyann Schmidt provides a provocative look at the closeness of scrapbooking and photojournalism. Follow her personal life story as she explores how she uses scrapbooking i her family.

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Book Review: Molly Peacock’s Paradise, Piece by Piece

by Matilda ButlerSeptember 8, 2010
Book Review: Molly Peacock’s Paradise, Piece by Piece

For those of us who are not poets, reading Molly Peacock’s memoir Paradise: Piece by Piece may be as close as we come to seeing a poet’s take on her life. Beautifully written. We’ve shared some of her sentences with you to give you a flavor of poetry in prose.

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Memoir Contest Winner: Honorable Mention for Meat Rolls and Memories by Grace Ann Neuharth

by Matilda ButlerSeptember 2, 2010
Memoir Contest Winner: Honorable Mention for Meat Rolls and Memories by Grace Ann Neuharth

Join us for another of our Memoir Writing Contest winning stories. This one, by Grace Ann Neuharth, shows you one woman’s struggle to find family roots after being separated from her sister when their parents died. Part of her newly found heritage is shared through the recipe for German meat rolls that she includes.

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The Steinbeck Center’s Message to Memoirists

by Matilda ButlerAugust 25, 2010
The Steinbeck Center’s Message to Memoirists

Matilda Butler’s visit to The National Steinbeck Center gave her a message about memoir writing. Perhaps this will get you writing.

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500 Words (Or More) Writing Prompt #36: The Districts of Your Life

by Promptly PortlandAugust 24, 2010
500 Words (Or More) Writing Prompt #36: The Districts of Your Life

Promptly Portland takes us into her favorite city, Portland. She has us think about organizing our life much as Portland is organized. Be sure to try the three writing prompts.

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ScrapMoir How To #16: The Historic You in Scrapbooking and Writing Memoir

by Bettyann SchmidtAugust 12, 2010
ScrapMoir How To #16: The Historic You in Scrapbooking and Writing Memoir

Bettyann Schmidt returns with an entirely new topic — scrapbooking your reflections on major events. She includes pages she developed after witnessing the destruction from Katrina and other major world events. If you haven’t thought about creating ScrapMoirs — photos and memoir vignettes — with the theme of history unfolding, then her blog will be a treat for you.

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