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The Choices We Make & Writing About Others: The Price We Pay | Free Roundtable July 11, 2013 4 PM
Laura Davis This roundtable discussion will explore the ethical, practical and emotional issues that we face when we write about real people in our lives, all of whom are bound to have strong feelings about the way they are depicted on the page. Evaluating our own ethical and artistic choices, and coming to terms with their responses (as well as our fear of potential responses), becomes more pressing as we move from personal writing toward publication. Our Roundtable, with … [Read More...]
From First Time Memoir Writer to Award Winning Author | Free Roundtable June 6, 2013
We are pleased to have as our guest a non-native English speaker and writer who began writing a memoir with the burning desire to write his story. With the help of coaching, networking, and a lot of hard work, his book Lost Decency just became a finalist in the the prestigious Ben Franklin Awards competition for independently published books. Atta Arghandiwal, Roundtable Speaker From the terrifying moments of leaving my homeland after the Russian invasion in August of 1980, I had … [Read More...]
From Blah to Brilliant: How to Write Compelling Description | Memoir Member Teleseminar
May 24, 2013 11 AM PDT 12 PM MDT 1 PM CDT 2 PM EDT Sharon Lippincott, our May Member Teleseminar presenter, will illuminate us with tips about how to write great and compelling descriptions--a skill that makes our writing shine. Please join us! Have you ever felt like your writing is a little flat and drab and not known how to fix it? You might have tried amping up adjectives and slipping in similes, but even that wasn’t enough. Don’t be discouraged. This … [Read More...]
What if You Weren’t There? | Memoir Writing in Absentia–Free Roundtable with Judy Mandel
May 9 / Free Memoir Roundtable Discussion 4 PM PDT 5 PM MDT 6 PM CDT 7 PM EDT For a large part of the story of Replacement Child, I was not present, or even alive yet. A crucial portion of the story, including the plane crash that took my sister’s life, happened two years before I was born. This posed an immediate problem for me as I began to write, as I know it does for other memoir writers who struggle with how to convey parts of their story that they did not witness or … [Read More...]
National Association of Memoir Writers Spring Newsletter: March-April 2013
Spring, with the fading of snow and cold, tips of new grew crocuses and daffodils, the bursting of blooms in the trees and in the garden, reminds me of the cycles of life, the way that nature parallels our own forays into creative energy as we write our stories. As writers, there’s an ebb and flow to how we create, from moments of silence without words, to the burst of energy and the unfolding of stories, ideas, and memories. We need to keep in mind these waves of energy and creativity, and … [Read More...]
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Place as Character in Memoir | WOW Blog Tour Guest Jennifer Richardson
In this blog post, we're pleased to have Jennifer Richardson share with us what was it like to capture the character of two places, London and the Cotswolds, in her new book, Americashire: A Field Guide to a Marriage. Here Jennifer shares what it was like to write about both places almost as if they were their own characters. The blurb for my new travel memoir, Americashire: A Field Guide to a Marriage, talks about life in a Cotswold village “populated straight out of … [Read More...]
Blah to Brilliant: Writing Compelling Description
Description is anything that shapes the reader's perception of your message or story. Writing memoir is an ongoing, life-changing process that begins to shape the way you perceive events as they occur and the choices you make. In a very real sense, writing memoir changes your heart. Something similar happens as you study the craft of writing. You look for new ways to express your thoughts and experiences realistically and completely, to transform them from blah to brilliant. You learn the … [Read More...]
WOW Blog Tour Guest: An Interview with Judy Mandel | Replacement Child
Judy L. Mandel Replacement Child – a memoir Seal Press/Perseus We are so pleased to welcome Judy Mandel to the National Association of Memoir Writers! Judy's blog tour with Women on Writing has brought her to us today. We welcome her discussion on writing about her life--before she was born! Many memoir writers want to know more about this, and we will have another chance to talk about it when Judy joins us for our Free Roundtable discussion here on May 9. Please sign … [Read More...]
Memoir Writer, Meet Copy Editor–A Match Made in Heaven
by Linda Jay Geldens Whether you're nearing completion of your memoir, or are still in the throes of actually writing it, consider searching for a copyeditor with whom you truly resonate. The importance of having your manuscript polished by a professional copyeditor (line editor, content editor) cannot be overestimated. Working closely with a copyeditor who is right for you can make all the difference in the quality of your final manuscript. You could end up with a so-so memoir … [Read More...]
Susan Weidener–Guest Blog Post for Memoir Roundtable April 11
In this blog post, we're pleased to have Susan Weidener share with us her process of writing a sequel to her first memoir in our Roundtable discussion on April 11. In the moving story that she shares with us below, we learn how writing her sequel helped her to see her mother through new lenses and with more compassion. Even when we think we are complete with a piece or even a whole book, we find out there is much more to say--and to learn. Join us for the Roundtable discussion at NAMW! Sign up … [Read More...]
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