http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog Hundreds of Essays and Interviews to Help You Read and Write Memoirs Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:39:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 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/cnf-memoir-writers/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/cnf-memoir-writers/#comments Fri, 12 Nov 2010 15:02:22 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=974 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/cnf-memoir-writers/feed/ 0 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 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/fact-fiction-interview/feed/ 2 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/publish-journals-philadelphia/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/publish-journals-philadelphia/#comments Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:42:37 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=669 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/publish-journals-philadelphia/feed/ 5 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/philadelphia-courage/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/philadelphia-courage/#comments Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:17:52 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=641 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/philadelphia-courage/feed/ 1 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 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/community-writers-group-grant/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/community-writers-group-grant/#comments Tue, 03 Feb 2009 14:33:58 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=382 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/community-writers-group-grant/feed/ 1 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/philadelphia-stories-conference/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/philadelphia-stories-conference/#comments Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:58:42 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=242 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/philadelphia-stories-conference/feed/ 13 0:10:20 The keynote speech turned out to be invigorating and freeing. Beth Kephart, whose work I did not know, started as a memoir writer, who, as her career proceeded, extended her writing to other forms, most recently winning awards as a young adult novel[...] The keynote speech turned out to be invigorating and freeing. Beth Kephart, whose work I did not know, started as a memoir writer, who, as her career proceeded, extended her writing to other forms, most recently winning awards as a young adult novelist. As her writing skills and interests develop, Beth follows her creative compulsion and then finds people who understand it. That is the refreshing message I drink in; it's okay to speak from my heart and then find a market, rather than the other way around. 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 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 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/lessons-for-memoir-writers-from-my-first-year-of-blogging/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/lessons-for-memoir-writers-from-my-first-year-of-blogging/#comments Tue, 01 Apr 2008 10:50:18 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/lessons-for-memoir-writers-from-my-first-year-of-blogging/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/lessons-for-memoir-writers-from-my-first-year-of-blogging/feed/ 8 0:00:01 When I wanted to tell my own story, I couldn't figure out how to write in a livelier, more personal style. Then I discovered blogs. Blog audiences expect to know the writer, personally. To fulfill that expectation, I've learned to insert opinions, o[...] When I wanted to tell my own story, I couldn't figure out how to write in a livelier, more personal style. Then I discovered blogs. Blog audiences expect to know the writer, personally. To fulfill that expectation, I've learned to insert opinions, observations, and anecdotes. Blogging Jerry Waxler no no http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/storycorps-a-national-initiative-to-gather-oral-memoirs/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/storycorps-a-national-initiative-to-gather-oral-memoirs/#comments Tue, 20 Nov 2007 11:22:18 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/storycorps-a-national-initiative-to-gather-oral-memoirs/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/storycorps-a-national-initiative-to-gather-oral-memoirs/feed/ 5