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/fantasy-writing-techniques/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/fantasy-writing-techniques/#comments Wed, 19 Jan 2011 13:29:08 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=1079 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/fantasy-writing-techniques/feed/ 0 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/chosen-clan/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/chosen-clan/#comments Sun, 16 Jan 2011 14:11:55 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=1075 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/chosen-clan/feed/ 0 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/modern-magic-memoirs/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/modern-magic-memoirs/#comments Mon, 10 Jan 2011 11:36:47 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=1070 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/modern-magic-memoirs/feed/ 0 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/shapeshifting-memoirs/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/shapeshifting-memoirs/#comments Mon, 03 Jan 2011 13:10:49 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=1061 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/shapeshifting-memoirs/feed/ 0 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/hardship-stories-strength/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/hardship-stories-strength/#comments Wed, 03 Jun 2009 11:48:20 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=509 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/hardship-stories-strength/feed/ 0 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/riddle-sphinx-posture-dignity/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/riddle-sphinx-posture-dignity/#comments Thu, 05 Mar 2009 14:14:59 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=418 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/riddle-sphinx-posture-dignity/feed/ 0 0:06:06 Throughout the memoir "Off Kilter," Linda Wisniewski does press forward to find her dignity in the midst of the many social and psychological issues facing women in the twentieth century. And so, while she does not quote Martin Luther King or Sophoc[...] Throughout the memoir "Off Kilter," Linda Wisniewski does press forward to find her dignity in the midst of the many social and psychological issues facing women in the twentieth century. And so, while she does not quote Martin Luther King or Sophocles, her tale is definitely about dignity, providing personal echoes of these fundamental principles. Myths Jerry Waxler no no http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/identity-moves-memoir/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/identity-moves-memoir/#comments Mon, 15 Sep 2008 10:38:40 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=222 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/identity-moves-memoir/feed/ 2 0:06:42 Character Arc creates memorable journey When two doctors go for a year long "retirement" are they retirees, doctors. Identity is a moving target in any memoir. identity, Storytelling Jerry Waxler no no http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/writing-lessons-zombies/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/writing-lessons-zombies/#comments Tue, 09 Sep 2008 11:30:49 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=217 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/writing-lessons-zombies/feed/ 0 0:00:01 Zombie books awaken spirituality Writing lessons for Memoir Writers from Thriller writer Jonathan Maberry Myths, Storytelling Jerry Waxler no no http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/faith-blindness-sight/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/faith-blindness-sight/#comments Mon, 04 Aug 2008 11:15:23 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=160 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/faith-blindness-sight/feed/ 7 0:00:01 I felt a little cheated that it took the author so long to start looking within himself. Then I look at my pile of memoirs and realize that most of the authors continue through the darkness for a really long time. Dani Shapiro in "Slow Motion" took [...] I felt a little cheated that it took the author so long to start looking within himself. Then I look at my pile of memoirs and realize that most of the authors continue through the darkness for a really long time. Dani Shapiro in "Slow Motion" took forever to realize she was destroying herself. Jeanette Walls in "Glass Castle" took forever to grow up and get away from the clutches of her weird parents. Addiction, Family, Introspection, Memoirs, Storytelling Jerry Waxler no no 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 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