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After Writing/ Publishing in the Larger World They Did It! You Can Too! Feel your writing project is endless? Believe me! there will come a time when the project will be done and ready for its public... Audience Dare to Share How many pages do you have stashed away in a drawer somewhere that no one has seen? Try this exercise to find the courage to share your work. Your Stories Can Interest a Larger Audience "Can I write lifestories that will have meaning for a larger audience than my family?" Sure you can!... Is Writing a Memoir Worth Your Time? There is nothing wrong with a small and personal audience for your memoir... Craft The Lightning Bug The right word at the right time sends an electric shock through a reader. It lights up the sky like lightning. The wrong word, as Mark Twain tells us, just flashes like a lightning bug... Easy or Hard? You Decide. As memoir writers, do we have it easy? Or is our task harder than it is for writers of other genres? Denis Ledoux looks at both arguments. Where the Action Is Listen to how a child tells a story. It is all action. Our reliance on action, on plot, doesn't wane as we grow older... Show, Don't Tell You can improve your wrting by learning how to show a story rather than simply telling it. Action and dialog are the keys... More Than the Names and Dates Ways to bring your family history alive on the page... Five Tips for Polishing your Lifestory First Drafts The secret of good writing is re-writing--here's how... General An Interview with Denis Ledoux How Soleil director sees lifewriting and how writing our stories changes our perspective on our lives... Grammar Grammar's Wicked Fun, Ain't It Though? by Don Nylin An avid memoirist shares some familiar spoofs you may recognize as slipping into your own prose now and then... Lifewriting Month National Lifewriting Month Use these five tips for success as you join the lifestory 'movement'! Point of View Who is Writing Your Memoirs? It may sound like a trick question but it's not. If you are reading this you are probably writing or planning to write your lifestories. It's a question I ask very seriously, knowing that the answer will determine--or at least strongly influence--the tone and the theme of your narrative. Research Research Resources for Lifewriters When you just don't know the dates and facts... "What If" Be a Memoir Sleuth I often hear "official" family versions of stories in our workshops. Sometimes the truth--your truth--may differ... Interview Family at Your Summer Reunion A few basic steps for taking advantage of being surronded by relatives... Truth Telling the Truth In a world where we are constantly bombarded with sutle... Holding Back Your Truth The truth that you are afraid to tell may be just what you need to give depth and meaning to your story... Hey! Those Characters are my Family & Friends How much truth to tell -- consider the facts... Workshopping CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR -- Turning Memories ElderHostel September 2001 Workshop featured ... An Inside Look at a Writing Workshop We gathered around a table covered with lifestories and books, read to each other, critiqued each other, and then went for walks on the beach... Week of Writing and Walking on the Beach What's it like attending a writing workshop? A participant at a recent workshop gives us her impressions and thoughts... Writing Life Are You a Real Writer? Do you consider yourself a "real writer?" Denis Ledoux offers his definition of a real writer -- and his definition might surprise you. A Real Writer Fred Schwicker spent hours in his shed, scribbling down his story of scraps of paper. Today, he has a completed book. Read how he did this, and find out about his new book... Maine Native, Jack Hargreaves, Publishes Book of Lifestories: Panning Gold, A Maine Memoir Jack Hargreaves of Madison, Maine is quick to tell you how proud he is of his first book... Notes on the Writing Life Do you struggle with the discipline of writing and wish you could be more motivated? Writer's Block? No Big Deal! Tips about how to overcome writer's block... Writing Process Why They're Called First Drafts A first draft implies that there is going to be a second, just as surely as first class implies second class. But with drafts, unlike airline seats, the second is bound to be better than the first... Linger with Your Story. It's a good habit to develop. Many people write too fast as though the point were getting there, not enjoying the journey ... Rework Your Story to Get More "Show" and Less "Tell" Minimize the "telling" and mazimize the "showing" in your lifewriting. Don't Give Your Gold Away Talking away your stories may keep you from ever getting them down on paper... |