AI is being heralded as the answer to all our problems, including our literary ones—Write your book in 6 weeks with AI!—but as is the case with so many other technological tools, AI may actually create more knots than it untangles…
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Sometimes our stories practically beg to come to life on the page. Yet despite that begging, that longing, that desire to write, stories almost never just 'come to life' as easily as we might have imagined…
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‘What’s an example of good memoir writing?’ I’m often asked this question, so here goes…
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I've always had a love/loathe relationship with contests. Most writers do. Here's why I love them AND why they make me ache.
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What does ‘good memoir writing’ look like, what are its qualities, and how do we learn from it?
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(Some of) the best memoirs I’ve read, why I think so, and what they have to teach us all.
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An interview with bestselling author Alison Wearing on the critical elements of memoir writing, how to tell a powerful personal story, and avoid common pitfalls.
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“Sorry this letter is so long. I didn’t have time to write a shorter one”
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How do we write about something we don’t fully remember?
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Every good sentence has something to teach us about writing.
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“I only write when I’m inspired, so I see to it that I’m inspired every morning at 9 o’clock.”
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“Your memoir is about something you know after something you’ve been through.”
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I'm still recovering from the body-blow of brilliance that is Sarah Polley’s new memoir, Run Towards the Danger.
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"The most regretful people on earth are those who felt the call to creative work, who felt their own creative power restive and uprising, and gave to it neither power nor time." Mary Oliver
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Feeling called to share your story? Honouring that urge can be powerful. Start small with a short memoir and these simple tips to help shape your life into words.
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Write a dialogue about a topic you feel strongly about, an issue or situation about which you know you are ‘right.’
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We’re not always ready to write the story that lives in us. But we can write our way to readiness.
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Birds Art Life is an exquisite meditation on the peaceful beauty that can be found when we devote ourselves to simply noticing. It is also, for anyone looking to write a memoir, a fabulous lesson in structure.
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The word ‘memoir’ is often equated with a book-length work, but it doesn’t need to be. In fact, trying NOT to write a book might actually help you write it.
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People often get stuck when they try to write their stories from the beginning. But books and stories are virtually never written in the order they appear.
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