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November 10, 2015
November 10 Activity: Writing plot into a memoir
People are sometimes surprised to learn that a memoir needs a plot. For some writers, this technique of writing plot into a memoir screams of twisting the memoir into a fiction piece. But, all of us need to be kept reading by some mechanism. This mechanism is often called plot. A plot is an action. Plot is the something that happens in a memoir. Today, we explore how to create a plot that is true to the memoir.
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November 9, 2015
November 9 Activity: How to Use Journals—Real or Imagined—in Memoir Writing
November 9: Use journals in memoir writing.
When you learn to use journals in memoir writing, you will produce more accurate and detailed stories.
If you are fortunate enough to have recorded your life in a journal, you can use your entries to refresh your memory and get access to salient facts or verify what you remember.
If you have not recorded your life, there is still hope you! You can enter into the world of the unconscious and write “as if.”
The action steps below will help you to us...
November 9 Activity: How to use journals—real or imagined—in memoir writing
November 9: Use journals in memoir writing.
When you learn to use journals in memoir writing, you will produce more accurate and detailed stories.
If you are fortunate enough to have recorded your life in a journal, you can use your entries to refresh your memory and get access to salient facts or verify what you remember.
If you have not recorded your life, there is still hope you! You can enter into the world of the unconscious and write “as if.”
The action steps below will help you to us...
November 8, 2015
November 8 Activity: the Backstory of your Memoir
Each of our memoirs is likely to have stories full of details. We spend much time elaborating the story as we remember it—and this is usually good, but we often slip into telling too much backstory. When I work with coaching clients, I might ask them to tell the story of their relationship breakup, for instance, without going into the back story of your memoir. “We don’t need to know in this breakup story how you met. Just tell us about the...
November 7, 2015
November 7 Activity: Speed Up Your Writing.
People often complain that they do not have the time to write. Often this is justly so as writing does take up a good amount of time. No way around it! Today you will explore a way of writing faster—better will come later. In this post, learn to speed up your writing.
More of this NIMWM Activity is available with the free My Memoir Education membership, please join now.
Today’s exercise to speed up your writing involves recording your voice as yo...
November 7 Activity: November Is Memoir Writing Month
People often complain that they do not have the time to write. Often this is justly so as writing does take up a good amount of time. No way around it! Today you will explore a way of writing faster—better will come later. In this post, learn to speed up your writing.
More of this NIMWM Activity is available with the free My Memoir Education membership, please join now.
Today’s exercise to speed up your writing involves recording your voice as yo...
November 6, 2015
November 6 Activity: Organize a lifestory party.
You don’t have to remember your lifestory alone.
November 6 Activity: Organize a Lifestory PartySince our lives are usually lived in community and our lifestories have evolved with other people in tow, take advantage of this symbiosis to write the best memoir you are capable of by accessing a collective memory of your life’s events.
Today, you will organize a lifestory party.
More of this NIMWM Activity is available with the free My Memoir Education membership, please join now.
Action Ste...
November 6 Activity: November Is Memoir Writing Month
You don’t have to remember your lifestory alone.
November 6 Activity: Organize a Lifestory PartySince our lives are usually lived in community and our lifestories have evolved with other people in tow, take advantage of this symbiosis to write the best memoir you are capable of by accessing a collective memory of your life’s events.
Today, you will organize a lifestory party.
More of this NIMWM Activity is available with the free My Memoir Education membership, please join now.
Action Ste...
November 5, 2015
November 5 Activity: Writing for an Audience
Writing for an audience may be more important than you think.
November 5 Activity: Writing for an audienceAs you write your memoir, you will just about inevitably find yourself thinking of the audience that will be reading your memoir. This consciousness can be very important to your success. Today, you will make a foray into working with the concept of writing for an audience. You will experience how a sense of audience can both freeze your writing and open it up.
More of this NIMWM Activ...
November 5 Activity: Writing for an audience
Writing for an Audience may be more important than you think.
November 5 Activity: Writing for an audienceAs you write your memoir, you will just about inevitably find yourself thinking of the audience that will be reading your memoir. This consciousness can be very important to your success. Today, you will make a foray into working with the concept of writing for an audience. You will experience how a sense of audience can both freeze your writing and open it up.
More of this NIMWM Activ...
