Denis Ledoux's Blog, page 35
May 25, 2019
Reach Massive Numbers of Readers from the Comfort of Your Home
Imagine being able to get your message out to hundreds, even thousands, of potential clients in one fell swoop. Now imagine, because of the platform you use, being viewed as the go-to expert. Now imagine being able to do this without leaving the comfort of your home.
How is this possible? With podcast appearances. Hands down, podcast shows offer one of the best opportunities to get in front of your target market in the easiest w...
May 23, 2019
Best Interview Practices for Writing a Memoir
Can you assume you can depend on your memory when you write your lifestories? The problem with this assumption is that memory isn’t always as reliable as you may want it to be! What are the best interview practices to find out if your memory is spot on?
Interviewing relatives and others for memoriesIn this video lesson, “Best Interview Practices for Writing a Memoir”, you will study why to conduct an interview with people who shared the experie...
May 21, 2019
Before Sending Your Manuscript To An Editor / Part 2–Use of Time
Note from the Editor: This second installment of Before Sending a Manuscript to an Editor series offers basic editing tips around time use of time. For Part 1: Self-Editing Techniques Click here.
Stay tuned for Part 3 next week…
Clean Up Your Use of TimeThis second post on self-editing revolves around the use of time. In the next post, I will write about time sequencing and flashbacks.
1. The historical present looks like the past, but it isn’t.What tense are you going to use to narrate...
May 16, 2019
Work With or Through Pain: Writing Painful Memories
In this video, Work With or Through Pain: Writing Painful Memories, I talk about writing through painful memories. Pain is often a barrier to memoir writing. Who wants to revisit difficult times? Although delving into the past is a generally pleasant experience and promotes healing and growth, it can also be painful. In fact, sooner or later, pain seems to come with memoir writing. This pain if not handled well, can inhibit—and even stop—y...
May 14, 2019
Before Sending a Manuscript To An Editor / Part 1–Self-Editing Techniques
Note from the Editor: This first installment of Before Sending a Manuscript to an Editor series offers basic editing tips around self-editing techniques.
Stay tuned for Part 2 next week…
Self-Editing Techniques and TipsI have been a memoir and fiction editor since 1990. In that time, I have worked with hundreds of manuscripts.
Some have come to me requiring only slight tweaking. The texts are nearly ready for publication. The authors have created an interesting and well-crafted piece of w...
Before Sending a Manuscript To An Editor Part 1–Self-Editing Techniques
This first installment of Before Sending a Manuscript to an Editor series offers basic editing tips around self-editing techniques.
Part 2: Before Sending Your Manuscript to an Editor Part 2–Use of Time Click here.
Part 3: Before Sending Your Manuscript to an Editor Part 2–TIme Sequencing and Flashbacks Click here.
Self-Editing Techniques and TipsI have been a memoir and fiction editor since 1990. In that time, I have worked with hundreds of manuscripts.
Some have come to me requiring on...
May 9, 2019
Scope: What’s Right for You?
In this video, Scope: What’s Right for You?, I ask how much time and energy are you willing to give to writing your memoir? The more honest and insightful you are in answering this question, the more pleasure you will derive from your writing and the greater the satisfaction you will find in preserving your stories.
The scope of your writing ambition is likely to change over the next months (often in favor of more rather than less of a memoir). If you can formul...
May 7, 2019
Why You Should–and how to–Write Strategically!
We writers are artists. Most of us cultivate inspiration and are happy when we are under its influence. However, there is no one reading this who is unaware that writing can be pick and shovel work and it can be hard going sometimes—there are days when we would rather clean out the garage or the refrigerator than sit down to write. So…why not make the most of our work and learn how to write strategically?
We all love inspiration, but the problem with...
May 2, 2019
How to be a Better Storyteller
Some people come to memoir writing with a natural facility for storytelling. If that is you—great! But…
Don’t despair if you aren’t one of these natural storytellers. To a great extent, storytelling is a facility which can be learned—you can acquire this facility. It’s a matter of developing both technical skills to shape a story and a belief in yourself as capable of growth and of assuming your rightful role as storyteller.
In this YouTube video, “How to be a...
April 30, 2019
From the Memoir Writer’s Experience
Congratulations to author Dennis Blue! He has received the 2019 Christian Indie Award in the business category for
Through the Eyes of a Fisherman
. Dennis is truly one of those authors who is a pleasure to work with. He brought much thoughtfulness to bear on his task and we are so proud to see his efforts rewarded.
I recently had the opportunity to interview him about his experience writing his recent books, Running the Good Race and Through the Eyes of a Fisherman – DL
Talking with De...
