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Tag Archives: memoir
Telling the Truth about your Life
“The telling of your stories is a revolutionary act.” –Sam Keen, writer In a world where we are constantly being bombarded with subtle–and not so subtle–messages about who we ought to be, it is a bold statement to take a … Continue reading
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Tagged add depth to my memoir, being authentic is memoir writing, help writing memoirs, Improving my memoir, make the memoir more meaningful, memoir, Sam Keen and memoir writing, tell the truth in memoir writing, Write memoir from the inside out, writing deeper memoir, Writing memoir from the authentic self
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Three Tips That Will Keep You in the Memoir-Writing Conversation
Recently, someone asked me what are the biggest barriers memoir writers face to being prolific. The following three came to mind right away. Below, I write about them and offer suggestions for eliminating these impediments to staying in the writing conversation. Writers often put… Continue reading
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Tagged autobiography, memoir, memoir writing help, writing motivation
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Writing Time Wasters
I’m no more immune than anyone else to the plague of time wasters. Time wasters are habits we fall into that consume the time we have allotted (or could allot) to writing so that we end up not writing! Here are some… Continue reading
A Vignette on Diversity — Inner Diversity
When I sent a call out for vignettes on diversity, I had not thought of intra-psychic diversity but here came a piece from Sue Lebel Young based on this very modality! Continue reading
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Tagged autobiography, inner diversity, memoir, memoir writing, writing on diversity
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Sunday School Money
It just wasn’t fair! Everyone else at Sunday School had something to spend at the corner dairy afterwards and would saunter home licking a delicious ice-cream or chocolate chew bar. We Thomsons weren’t allowed to buy sweet things… Continue reading
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Tagged autobiography, memoir, writing motivation, writing prompts
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