Memory Writers Network » Writing Prompt 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 Memory Writers Network 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 Memoir Lessons: Buddies, Endings, and Beyond http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/memoir-lessons-buddies-endings/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/memoir-lessons-buddies-endings/#comments Fri, 05 Nov 2010 12:11:47 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=951 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/memoir-lessons-buddies-endings/feed/ 2 Lessons from Kephart: Labels, Definitions, Language http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/philosophy-of-labels/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/philosophy-of-labels/#comments Sun, 31 Oct 2010 13:43:09 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=945 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/philosophy-of-labels/feed/ 0 Memoir Lessons: Moms, Quirks, Choices http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/lessons-memoir-psychology/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/lessons-memoir-psychology/#comments Wed, 27 Oct 2010 12:18:04 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=939 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/lessons-memoir-psychology/feed/ 0 Memoir Lessons: Mysteries of emerging consciousness http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/lessons-memoir-consciousness/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/lessons-memoir-consciousness/#comments Wed, 20 Oct 2010 12:00:39 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=931 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/lessons-memoir-consciousness/feed/ 2 Lessons 4-5 from Beth Kephart’s Memoir, Slant of Sun http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/lessons-memoir-4-5/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/lessons-memoir-4-5/#comments Tue, 12 Oct 2010 11:19:21 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=924 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/lessons-memoir-4-5/feed/ 0 Use this memoir as a study guide: lessons 1 to 3 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/memoir-study-guide-lessons-1/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/memoir-study-guide-lessons-1/#comments Wed, 06 Oct 2010 12:53:48 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=914 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/memoir-study-guide-lessons-1/feed/ 4 Celebrity Lessons for Writers http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/celebrity-fame-tenacity-writers/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/celebrity-fame-tenacity-writers/#comments Thu, 11 Jun 2009 11:06:27 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=514 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/celebrity-fame-tenacity-writers/feed/ 4 0:08:19 Furthermore, famous people exert enormous power in our culture, and unless I break down and read their memoirs, I'm going to remain ignorant about them. So when an online friend suggested that Steve Martin's "Born Standing Up" was authentic and intr[...] Furthermore, famous people exert enormous power in our culture, and unless I break down and read their memoirs, I'm going to remain ignorant about them. So when an online friend suggested that Steve Martin's "Born Standing Up" was authentic and introspective I decided to give it a try. It turned out to be an excellent book about a boy's climb from ordinary childhood to international fame. Celebrity Jerry Waxler no no Clown story inspires six writing prompts http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/clown-story-writing-prompts/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/clown-story-writing-prompts/#comments Tue, 27 Jan 2009 12:58:08 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=377 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/clown-story-writing-prompts/feed/ 0 Link isolated anecdotes into a story with the power of your beliefs 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 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/anecdotes-story-beliefs/feed/ 1 His relationship to girls changed in this scene http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/ideas-change-memoirs/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/ideas-change-memoirs/#comments Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:30:11 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=343 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/ideas-change-memoirs/feed/ 6