http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog Hundreds of Essays and Interviews to Help You Read and Write Memoirs Tue, 15 May 2012 12:09:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 2006-2007 jerrywaxler@yahoo.com (Jerry Waxler) jerrywaxler@yahoo.com (Jerry Waxler) Self-help 1440 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/LearnMemoirCoverFront-small.jpg http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog 144 144 Reading and writing memoirs. Record the Stories of Your Life, tips, how-to, memoir book reviews, by Jerry Waxler memoir, writers, self-help, book-reviews, essays Jerry Waxler Jerry Waxler jerrywaxler@yahoo.com no no http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/fact-fiction-interview/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/fact-fiction-interview/#comments Tue, 23 Mar 2010 12:07:36 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=742 Continue reading →]]> http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/fact-fiction-interview/feed/ 2 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/yin-yang-dramatic-tension/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/yin-yang-dramatic-tension/#comments Tue, 31 Mar 2009 11:29:36 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=449 Continue reading →]]> http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/yin-yang-dramatic-tension/feed/ 3 0:07:09 Each story shows characters caught in the emotions and circumstances of ordinary life, and yet despite their ordinariness, I feel engaged in their struggles, turning the page to learn more. As I seek to understand how Susan Muaddi Darraj has accompl[...] Each story shows characters caught in the emotions and circumstances of ordinary life, and yet despite their ordinariness, I feel engaged in their struggles, turning the page to learn more. As I seek to understand how Susan Muaddi Darraj has accomplished her hold on me, I notice a particular feature of the writing. She has superbly tapped the power of opposites. Family Jerry Waxler no no http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/fact-in-fiction/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/fact-in-fiction/#comments Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:06:31 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=442 Continue reading →]]> http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/fact-in-fiction/feed/ 4 0:08:38 Fiction seems entirely different from memoirs. And yet, when I carefully compare the two forms, I discover they are intimately connected, each breathing life into the other. A good memoir is more than just a raw dump of facts. It generates dramatic [...] Fiction seems entirely different from memoirs. And yet, when I carefully compare the two forms, I discover they are intimately connected, each breathing life into the other. A good memoir is more than just a raw dump of facts. It generates dramatic tension by using fiction techniques like suspense and character development. And the support is mutual. Fiction contains much real-world truth. Jerry Waxler no no http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/harry-bernstein-memoir-dream/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/harry-bernstein-memoir-dream/#comments Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:07:58 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=286 Continue reading →]]> http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/harry-bernstein-memoir-dream/feed/ 1 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/iranian-in-america-makes-love-and-laughter/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/iranian-in-america-makes-love-and-laughter/#comments Thu, 14 Feb 2008 13:18:25 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/iranian-in-america-makes-love-and-laughter/ Continue reading →]]> http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/iranian-in-america-makes-love-and-laughter/feed/ 3 0:00:01 While Firoozeh's neighbors in the United States weren't sure how to relate to her, I had no such confusion. She took me into her confidence and I saw for myself who she was, thanks to her superb command of the English language, and her clever, ironi[...] While Firoozeh's neighbors in the United States weren't sure how to relate to her, I had no such confusion. She took me into her confidence and I saw for myself who she was, thanks to her superb command of the English language, and her clever, ironic insights. "She's one of us." I thought. And even better, as a recent entrant into the melting pot, she could share her observations about contrasts between two cultures more clearly than someone limited to seeing things only from within one. identity Jerry Waxler no no http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/author-interview-with-naomi-gal-life-and-art-intertwined/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/author-interview-with-naomi-gal-life-and-art-intertwined/#comments Thu, 10 May 2007 12:20:27 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=30 Continue reading →]]> http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/author-interview-with-naomi-gal-life-and-art-intertwined/feed/ 2 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/harry-bernstein-reveals-the-invisible-wall/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/harry-bernstein-reveals-the-invisible-wall/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:31:42 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=25 Continue reading →]]> http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/harry-bernstein-reveals-the-invisible-wall/feed/ 0 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/never-too-late-start-first-memoir-at-93/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/never-too-late-start-first-memoir-at-93/#comments Mon, 02 Apr 2007 11:50:40 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=12 Continue reading →]]> http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/never-too-late-start-first-memoir-at-93/feed/ 0