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/10-ways-writing-self-development/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/10-ways-writing-self-development/#comments Thu, 24 Sep 2009 11:20:08 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=592 Continue reading →]]> http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/10-ways-writing-self-development/feed/ 6 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/is-writing-a-memoir-therapeutic/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/is-writing-a-memoir-therapeutic/#comments Tue, 04 Aug 2009 10:57:28 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/is-writing-a-memoir-therapeutic/ Continue reading →]]> http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/is-writing-a-memoir-therapeutic/feed/ 14 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/are-memoirs-true-or-false/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/are-memoirs-true-or-false/#comments Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:38:04 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=329 Continue reading →]]> http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/are-memoirs-true-or-false/feed/ 7 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 Continue reading →]]> 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/story-untangles-distorted-memories-and-reveals-truths/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/story-untangles-distorted-memories-and-reveals-truths/#comments Thu, 28 Feb 2008 13:48:26 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/story-untangles-distorted-memories-and-reveals-truths/ Continue reading →]]> http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/story-untangles-distorted-memories-and-reveals-truths/feed/ 3 0:00:01 Discover deeper truths by telling your story When I try telling an embarrassing incident from high school, I discover distortions in the way I had stored it in my mind. Writing helps clarify old personal myths, and creates a more authentic story. Storytelling Jerry Waxler no no http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/memoir-writing-is-a-tool-for-introspection/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/memoir-writing-is-a-tool-for-introspection/#comments Wed, 06 Jun 2007 13:11:38 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=42 Continue reading →]]> http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/memoir-writing-is-a-tool-for-introspection/feed/ 0