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500 Words (or More) Writing Prompt #23: It’s All Because of Popcorn

by Promptly PortlandMay 4, 2010
500 Words (or More) Writing Prompt #23: It’s All Because of Popcorn

Join Promptly Portland for a popping idea. This writing prompt may evoke all kinds of unusual ideas for writing.

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Writing in Five: William Zinsser on Openings

by Matilda ButlerMay 3, 2010
Writing in Five: William Zinsser on Openings

Writing Alchemy: This is the seventh in our Writing in Five series–practical writing tips from published authors. In her video, Matilda talks about William Zinsser’s advice on how to hook your reader so that he or she will keep on reading.

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500 Words (or More) Writing Prompt #22 – Quick-Release Stories

by Promptly PortlandApril 27, 2010
500 Words (or More) Writing Prompt #22 – Quick-Release Stories

Promptly Portland’s back from a springtime bike ride with a new writing prompt for us. Try the quick-release method and let us know what you think.

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Book Review of Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel

by Matilda ButlerMarch 31, 2010
Book Review of Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel

Memoir Review: Alison Bechdel brings a new depth of memoir expression in her graphic memoir, Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic. This is an evolving art form worth considering.

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Writing in Five: Brenda Ueland on Creating Universals Through Particulars

by Matilda ButlerMarch 29, 2010
Writing in Five: Brenda Ueland on Creating Universals Through Particulars

Writing Alchemy: Quick Tip #4. We draw on Brenda Ueland’s book about writing for this quick writing tip. Whether crafting fiction or memoir, there is a tension between universal themes and specific instances. Ueland’s book highlights how the carefully developed details enables the reader to see the universals.

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ScrapMoir How to #11: A Sense of Place in Scrapbooking & Memoir

by Bettyann SchmidtMarch 25, 2010
ScrapMoir How to #11: A Sense of Place in Scrapbooking & Memoir

ScrapMoir: Regular guest blogger, Bettyann Schmidt, returns this week with a thought-provoking piece on life, sense of place, memoir vignettes, and photographs. Writing about her own life and the multiple places that still tug at her emotions. Don’t this this one.

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Memoir Book: Linda Joy Myers’ The Power of Memoir reviewed by Janet Grace Riehl

by Matilda ButlerMarch 24, 2010
Memoir Book: Linda Joy Myers’ The Power of Memoir reviewed by Janet Grace Riehl

Memoir Book Review: Janet Grace Riehl provides an excellent overview of the strengths of Linda Joy Myers’ new book, The Power of Memoir: How to Write Your Healing Story.

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