The Voice in Memoir
Be true to your voice in memoir Restructuring the memoir is fine. Works in progress go through many revisions. The first draft is usually…ahem…vomit, anyway. Okay, at least mine are. …
The Need for Universal Questions or Themes in Memoir
Darlings everywhere! Where’s the meat? The necessity to attend college brings to mind the universal questions through which to filter my story. To build suspense, I need to show the …
Searching For That Need to Attend College
Kelly Writers House, my favorite place to be on the University of Pennsylvania’s campus Why did I attend college at the time in my memoir life? A time when my …
Revision: A Fact of Life—for Writers
Sometimes I feel like I’m always at my computer. Hook the reader in the beginning of a story or novel. Yes, even in memoir. It’s too easy to just close …
A Life in Reflection: Memoir and Revision
Hello, HarperCollins? Are you there? …I guess not. Reflection in Memoir is crucial. Time to rise from my knees, add reflection to my life, …