FREE Roundtable: How to Write a Killer Memoir When the Doubt Gremlins Won’t Stop Nagging

July 2, 2015

4 PDT 5 MDT 6 CDT 7 EDT

We are so pleased at the National Association of Memoir Writers to welcome back Lynn Goodwin. She’s the owner of Writer Advice, www.writeradvice.com, which will celebrate its 18th year in October, 2015. Lynn helps writers get out in the world through her frequent contests through Writer Advice. Sign up for her newsletter so you can find out more.

Date: July 2 at 4 PM PDT / 5 PM MDT / 6 PM CDT / 7 PM EDT

Topic: How to Write a Killer Memoir When the Doubt Gremlins Won’t Stop Nagging

Guest: Lynn Goodwin

Listen to the recording.

From Lynn:
I got married for the first time at age 62 to a 2-time widower I met on … gulp … Craigslist. By the second date I was collecting material for a personal essay. By the second month I was imagining our story as a memoir. I wanted to write a sane, balanced and truthful story without lapsing into melodrama. Despite a background in writing, teaching writing, and editing, I found myself facing problems I’ve helped others solve.

How could I cope with

They-who-shall-not-be-named
Unflattering truths
Time constraints
The constant lure of social media

I’ll talk about all that and explain how writing helped me gain perspective on my relationship, weigh my choices, and open my heart as well as my mind.

You will learn or rediscover

How to find the heart of your story and dig into it
How to move through fears and doubts
How to keep your story active and dynamic
How to polish and perfect your storyHow and why reading other memoirs helps

B. Lynn Goodwin is the author of You Want Me to Do WHAT? Journaling for Caregivers, (Tate Publishing). Her stories and articles have been published in Voices of Caregivers; Hip Mama; Small Press Review; Dramatics Magazine; Friction Literary Journal, Inspire Me Today, several newspapers additional online sites, and The Sun. She conducts workshops, coaches individuals, and writes reviews for Story Circle Network, www.storycircle, as well as Writer Advice. She’s recently been published in Writing After Retirement: Tips by Successful Retired Writers, Small Miracles from Beyond: Dreams, Visions and Signs that Link Us to the Other Side, True Words and the Las Positas Anthology. Her young adult novel, Talent (Eternal Press) will be available soon. http://www.writeradvice.com/manuscriptconsultation.html

5 Comments

Lynn on June 17, 2015 at 4:00 pm

Thanks for posting this, Linda Joy. I look forward to July 2.

Tamara morgan on June 21, 2015 at 9:28 pm

I am looking forward to the free roundtable.

Evelyn on July 1, 2015 at 4:44 pm

Thank you for hosting. Writing a memoir about my son surviving a lethal form of dwarfism has it’s challenges. Look forward to gleaning advice from your experience.

Yasmin Alam on July 2, 2015 at 4:28 am

Thanks for the example of being a brave and insightful woman who values and validates so much of women’s experiences, which often centre around care-giving; this pouring of life-energy so often remains invisible.