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/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 Continue reading →]]> http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/fact-fiction-interview/feed/ 2 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/yin-yang-dramatic-tension/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/yin-yang-dramatic-tension/#comments Tue, 31 Mar 2009 11:29:36 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=449 Continue reading →]]> http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/yin-yang-dramatic-tension/feed/ 3 0:07:09 Each story shows characters caught in the emotions and circumstances of ordinary life, and yet despite their ordinariness, I feel engaged in their struggles, turning the page to learn more. As I seek to understand how Susan Muaddi Darraj has accompl[...] Each story shows characters caught in the emotions and circumstances of ordinary life, and yet despite their ordinariness, I feel engaged in their struggles, turning the page to learn more. As I seek to understand how Susan Muaddi Darraj has accomplished her hold on me, I notice a particular feature of the writing. She has superbly tapped the power of opposites. Family Jerry Waxler no no 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 Continue reading →]]> 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/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/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