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Zen and the art of library suggestions
Most of the creative nonfiction I’ve been reading lately has been borrowed from the library. Another plus, besides being a cheap way of reading a heap of books, is the recommendations the librar… more →
Creating My Opus
Gleanings from First Memoir Book Group
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arienrod wrote 8 months ago: Those of you who didn’t make it were missed. We had a great time and decided, eagerly, to do i … more →
Death-memoirs
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hapappas wrote 9 months ago: In case Vanity Fair isn’t part of yr regular monthly reading, I wanted to point out James Wolc … more →
Ed wrote 10 months ago: I have two memoirs to recommend: Scattershot by David Lovelace David Lovelace I attended his debut r … more →
memoir book group
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arienrod wrote 10 months ago: Hi Writers. Bob Atwan, Director of the Blue Hills Writing Institute is willing to lead a book group … more →
Zen and the art of library suggestions
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danielgtaylor wrote 1 year ago: Most of the creative nonfiction I’ve been reading lately has been borrowed from the library. A … more →
Answering the unanswered
danielgtaylor wrote 1 year ago: A few weeks ago, I shared how to learn from bad writing. Sara Wheeler managed to fill a book on Chil … more →
Start at the start
danielgtaylor wrote 1 year ago: Uncertain of where to begin, many would-be memoirists don’t start at all. Bruce Chatwin’ … more →
Severe internal injuries
danielgtaylor wrote 1 year ago: Some of these memoirs I’m reading to master my craft make me retch and vomit as their covers t … more →
The road from Gove
danielgtaylor wrote 1 year ago: If, before you sit down to write a memoir, you read as many as you can get your hands on, you’ … more →
Zen and the art of trust
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danielgtaylor wrote 1 year ago: A writer makes some kind of promise to each reader at the start of a book. Trust abused is the faste … more →
Zen and the art of memoir writing
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danielgtaylor wrote 1 year ago: Philosophy underlies writing, as it does any thought-based activity. Last weekend, I secluded myself … more →
Proustian phenomenon
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danielgtaylor wrote 1 year ago: One way you can know your work is ready for print, writing instructors advise, is when you can read … more →
Life writing defintions
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danielgtaylor wrote 1 year ago: Clarity is the foundation of success in any project. If you don’t know what you’re setti … more →
Sentences can be long
danielgtaylor wrote 1 year ago: Sentences can be long. My entire professional writing life has been built on the belief short senten … more →
How to learn from bad writing
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danielgtaylor wrote 1 year ago: When I started Sara Wheeler’s Travels in a Thin Country: A Journey Through Chile, I thought, … more →
Contrast the familiar with the unfamiliar
danielgtaylor wrote 1 year ago: One thing I need to be wary of in my memoir is assuming that the idiosyncrasies of the world I grew … more →
Blatant foreshadowing: Beware! Beware! Beware!
danielgtaylor wrote 1 year ago: A danger in blatant foreshadowing is robbing your story of dramatic suspense. I flagged this the oth … more →
Foreshadowing through metaphor
danielgtaylor wrote 1 year ago: Blatant foreshadowing is easy. You spit out what you’re going to say and you can assume your r … more →
Closing the circle
danielgtaylor wrote 1 year ago: Blatant foreshadowing puts a writer in a position where they can give future details about minor cha … more →
