Category: Writer’s Motivation
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Compelling Chapters Knit Small Stories into Powerful Memoirs
Another way to reach readers is to develop a blog. Even if at first you have no readers, writing the blog will let you see yourself as a performer. When the comedian Steve Martin was starting his career, he went on stage and looked out to an empty restaurant. The manager told him to perform…
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Memoir by Celebrity Joan Rivers Offers Lessons for Aspiring Writers
The road to success is littered with the dead acts and fatigued performers who have given up before making it through the gauntlet. And that’s exactly what makes Rivers and Martin so interesting, so informative, and in the end so famous – their relentless pursuit of unique excellence and their refusal to follow the herd.
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The Nine Best Attitudes for Memoir Writers
At first I felt anxious about accepting their input, but I overrode my anxiety and began to listen. Soon I realized how valuable some of their suggestions were, and my writing skill took a leap forward. This was by far the most important step I have ever taken towards improving my craft. And the lesson…
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Be Here Now by Writing a Memoir
When I first heard the phrase “Be Here Now” in the early seventies, it was from the title of a book by Ram Dass. According to the book, the best way to live a full life is to savor your direct experience, whether smelling a flower, watching a sunset, or even when experiencing the sadness…
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Story extends my optimism to infinity
by Jerry Waxler, author of Memoir Revolution: Write Your Story, Change the World When I was 20, I fought desperately against my future. I refused to become an adult until I understood why I should. Looking back years later, I see my rebellion against the future was a big mistake that caused me and my…
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Is it narcissistic to write your memoir?
by Jerry Waxler Read how our collective interest in turning life into story is changing the world, one story at a time. A woman in my workshop wondered if it’s narcissistic to write a memoir. I take such objections seriously, because they can drain away enthusiasm from this project. To help anticipate and refute these…
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10 ways memoir writing helps you now
There are valuable lessons, achievements, and pleasures in there but you can’t access them because they are buried under a multitude of experiences. To gather their value, tell the story. To promote the legacy you can take advantage of yourself, I’ve compiled a list of 10 ways writing your memoir will help you now and…
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Memoir reclaims fading memories
Perhaps I ought to just accept a disappearing past. But I think it’s a worse problem than it first appears. So much of who I am is built from the story of how I got here, and losing the story makes me feel like I’m losing me.
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