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	<title>Memory Writers Network &#187; Myths</title>
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	<itunes:summary>Record the Stories of Your Life, tips, how-to, memoir book reviews, by Jerry Waxler</itunes:summary>
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		<title>More Fantasy Techniques To Help Your Memoir</title>
		<link>http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/fantasy-writing-techniques/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2011 13:29:08 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Andre Agassi Open]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Each James Bond adventure begins with a visit to Q, who provides special purpose tools of war, communication, and deception. This mythical role of the weapons master turns up in a variety of stories. "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy was loaded with experts in the intricate arts of swords, axes, and arrows. And the role of the weapon master is alive and well in Andre Agassi's memoir, "Open." <a href="http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/fantasy-writing-techniques/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Cast of Characters in His Chosen Clan</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Jan 2011 14:11:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I used to think that heroes tended to be lonely but after I read Joseph Campbell's "The Hero with a Thousand Faces," I realized they are not so lonely after all. It's true they must leave home to go off to their adventures, which at first makes them seem isolated. But they soon collect allies. King Arthur was surrounded by his Knights of the Roundtable. The Hobbits traveled with a band of companions called the Fellowship, and in the Wizard of Oz, Dorothy gathered the Lion, Scarecrow, and Tin Man. Similarly, memoir protagonists often attract a group of friends and followers.  <a href="http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/chosen-clan/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Modern Magical Objects in Memoirs</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 11:36:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jerrywaxler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The great tennis player Andre Agassi in his memoir "Open," shares a unique perspective on the power of these corporate talismans. Like a modern day magician, he was often paid to infuse some of his power into a brand. One time Agassi's nerves were shot, so to protect his eyes he wore sunglasses during a televised tennis match. <a href="http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/modern-magic-memoirs/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Shapeshifting, Costumes, and Imposters in Memoirs</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2011 13:10:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jerrywaxler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In myths, characters can sometimes change shape, for example transforming from man to wolf. Cinderella's fabulous night out transformed her from a maid to a princess. The notion of moving from one role to another is not limited to fairy tales. Through costumes, cosmetics, hair style, and role-playing, we often alter the way we present ourselves to one another. In this article, I show how changing shape or "shapeshifting" can help you add impact and authenticity to your memoir. <a href="http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/shapeshifting-memoirs/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Riddle of the Sphinx &#8211; Stand Straight for Dignity</title>
		<link>http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/riddle-sphinx-posture-dignity/</link>
		<comments>http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/riddle-sphinx-posture-dignity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 14:14:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jerrywaxler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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. <a href="http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/riddle-sphinx-posture-dignity/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<itunes:subtitle>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[...]</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>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.</itunes:summary>
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		<title>Lessons memoir writers can learn from Zombies</title>
		<link>http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/writing-lessons-zombies/</link>
		<comments>http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/writing-lessons-zombies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 11:30:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jerrywaxler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Myths]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My goal is remarkably similar to Jonathan Maberry's. We both want to tell a good story. So I keep listening to this thriller writer and keep learning lessons about the relationship between life and story. For example, in a previous discussion he told me that flaws in real people prepare him to write deeper characterization in his novels. <a href="http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/writing-lessons-zombies/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<itunes:subtitle>Zombie books awaken spirituality</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>Writing lessons for Memoir Writers from Thriller writer Jonathan Maberry</itunes:summary>
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		<title>Storytellers shed light on the horrors of war</title>
		<link>http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/homer-iliad-ptsd/</link>
		<comments>http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/homer-iliad-ptsd/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 11:25:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jerrywaxler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Myths]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trauma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vietnam War]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Literature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Myth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PTSD]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my journey to understand as much as possible about life writing, I consider the question many aspiring life writers raise. "Should I approach painful memories, and if so should the memories become part of my story?" Of course there is no one right answer, so to try to understand it more, I consider the pain that memoir writers reveal, and see what lessons I can extract from their stories. <a href="http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/homer-iliad-ptsd/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<itunes:subtitle>Writing about the dehumanizing memories</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>Pain is part of life, but should it be part of memoirs? To understand, I read and look for lessons within the most painful of all, war memoirs.</itunes:summary>
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		<title>Is horror based on life? I asked author Jonathan Maberry.</title>
		<link>http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/is-horror-based-on-memoir-i-asked-the-author/</link>
		<comments>http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/is-horror-based-on-memoir-i-asked-the-author/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2007 12:12:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jerrywaxler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Author Interview]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maberry's frankness took me inside this battle waged in real life. To become a fully empowered human being he had to overcome the darkness implanted by his abusive father. His first attempt to push aside his father's cruel legacy was to study martial arts. He achieved black belt after black belt, and then as a world class martial artist, he began to teach self-defense, and helped kids and women deal with bullying. He has made a lifetime career not only of conquering the evil in his own life but helping others conquer it in theirs. <a href="http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/is-horror-based-on-memoir-i-asked-the-author/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Myths and Memoirs &#8211; am I a victim?</title>
		<link>http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/myths-and-memoirs-%e2%80%93-am-i-a-victim/</link>
		<comments>http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/myths-and-memoirs-%e2%80%93-am-i-a-victim/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jun 2007 13:34:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jerrywaxler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many people who have been elevated throughout history from victim to hero were used in this symbolic way to represent their group. The murderers hated the group and used the victim as a symbol, and the admirers showed love for this victim, and rallied around in order to strengthen their identity and defy the murderers. <a href="http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/myths-and-memoirs-%e2%80%93-am-i-a-victim/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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