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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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Memoir Writing Contest: Because of You by Kathleen Hewitt

by Matilda ButlerMay 8, 2011
Memoir Writing Contest: Because of You by Kathleen Hewitt

Honoring Our Mothers and Grandmothers and our own Mothering — Memoir Writing Contest Winners: Kathleen Hewitt’s memoir vignette, Because of You, is warm, caring, and full of understanding and forgiveness.

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Memoir Writing Contest: What Was I Going Back To? by Irene Kessler

by Matilda ButlerMay 8, 2011
Memoir Writing Contest: What Was I Going Back To? by Irene Kessler

Honoring Our Mothers and Grandmothers and our own Mothering, Memoir Writing Contest Winners: We think the emotions in Irene Kessler’s story of her worst Mother’s Day will touch you.

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Memoir Writing Contest: Pink Pearls of Wisdom by Sara Etgen-Baker

by Matilda ButlerMay 8, 2011
Memoir Writing Contest: Pink Pearls of Wisdom by Sara Etgen-Baker

Honoring Our Mothers and Grandmothers and our own Mothering, Memoir Writing Contest Winners: We hope you’ll enjoy Sara Etgen-Baker’s beautiful memory of her grandmother, a woman who died on Mother’s Day.

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