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/boys-to-men/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/boys-to-men/#comments Thu, 26 Aug 2010 12:25:01 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=877 Continue reading →]]> http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/boys-to-men/feed/ 4 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/grief-brother-grow/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/grief-brother-grow/#comments Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:13:15 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=665 Continue reading →]]> http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/grief-brother-grow/feed/ 5 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/failure-to-launch-generates-dramatic-tension/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/failure-to-launch-generates-dramatic-tension/#comments Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:18:17 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=648 Continue reading →]]> http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/failure-to-launch-generates-dramatic-tension/feed/ 1 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/memoir-workshop-story/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/memoir-workshop-story/#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:02:02 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=595 Continue reading →]]> http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/memoir-workshop-story/feed/ 3 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/autobiography-step-memoir/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/autobiography-step-memoir/#comments Tue, 28 Jul 2009 10:53:06 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=555 Continue reading →]]> http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/autobiography-step-memoir/feed/ 8 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/character-development-lesson/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/character-development-lesson/#comments Thu, 09 Apr 2009 12:45:40 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=460 Continue reading →]]> http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/character-development-lesson/feed/ 0 0:06:48 Part of relating to a good story is to feel a personal connection with its characters. Now I need to develop the knack of portraying the people in my life onto the pages in my memoir. I have attended workshops, and read how-to books about this skill[...] Part of relating to a good story is to feel a personal connection with its characters. Now I need to develop the knack of portraying the people in my life onto the pages in my memoir. I have attended workshops, and read how-to books about this skill, but it has been eluding me until recently when I stumbled upon a valuable insight. By incorrectly reading a series of short stories, I had an aha-moment about how reader and writer work together to form characters. This discovery will help me bring my characters to life. Jerry Waxler no no http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/anecdotes-story-beliefs/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/anecdotes-story-beliefs/#comments Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:02:04 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=359 Continue reading →]]> http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/anecdotes-story-beliefs/feed/ 1 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/escaping-prison-past/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/escaping-prison-past/#comments Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:07:55 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=144 Continue reading →]]> http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/escaping-prison-past/feed/ 4 0:00:01 I have met many men and women, who start out pointing in one direction, say towards a profession, or marriage and babies, or the family business. Then they end up somewhere else. Often the change in direction leaves them or their parents feeling con[...] I have met many men and women, who start out pointing in one direction, say towards a profession, or marriage and babies, or the family business. Then they end up somewhere else. Often the change in direction leaves them or their parents feeling confused, as if they have disrupted destiny or lost an important part of themselves. 60's, Storytelling, Trauma Jerry Waxler no no http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/lessons-from-conflict/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/lessons-from-conflict/#comments Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:09:53 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=142 Continue reading →]]> http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/lessons-from-conflict/feed/ 7 0:00:01 Since we had never worked together, I went to his cubicle to break the ice. As I approached his face darkened. He reached over, lifted his phone, and slammed it down, accompanied with a curse to drive home his point. "Shit!" he said to no one in par[...] Since we had never worked together, I went to his cubicle to break the ice. As I approached his face darkened. He reached over, lifted his phone, and slammed it down, accompanied with a curse to drive home his point. "Shit!" he said to no one in particular, then looked up. "What do you want?" I don't know when Steve decided he didn't like me, but from that moment the deal was sealed. Jerry Waxler no no http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/recover-memory-scene/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/recover-memory-scene/#comments Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:59:35 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=141 Continue reading →]]> http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/recover-memory-scene/feed/ 7 0:00:01 The best way to share my nerdiness is to show scenes, bringing readers into the halls of my high school to see for themselves. And yet when I try to describe my life in high school, I feel like I'm trying to peer into the hidden memories of a strang[...] The best way to share my nerdiness is to show scenes, bringing readers into the halls of my high school to see for themselves. And yet when I try to describe my life in high school, I feel like I'm trying to peer into the hidden memories of a stranger. Who was that guy? Fortunately, memoir writers have tricks. By prying into the hazy past, we can find far more detail than we had first expected. memory, Storytelling Jerry Waxler no no