Category: memoir

• Field notes on writing a poem in a day

  

  I almost didn’t write this blog post. I had decided to include a poem but felt more and more daunted by the task at hand. This is field notes on how I went about writing a poem in a day despite doubts and fear. A listening heart When my life gets shattered by loss, the […]

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  May 21, 2021

  memoir, Writing a Book

  field notes, mark nepo, mary oliver, poem, poet, poetry, wood

• Write more in March Challenge

  

  At the beginning of the year, I decided to assign four months to write my memoir. Now at the halfway mark, I want to ramp it up to create momentum for the second part of this writing phase. So I have created a Write More in March challenge for myself. My goal is to write […]

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  March 2, 2021

  memoir, Writing a Book, Writing Practice

  creative writing, free printable, march, march challenge, memoir, write more, writing, writing challenge

• Connect with why you want to write a memoir

  

  I have second-guessed myself on several occasions about my decision to write a memoir. Is it self-indulgent, is it worth the effort, does it get boring to sit with my story day in and day out? Can I at all do it? To have a strong why silences those doubts that show up. In this […]

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  January 23, 2021

  memoir, Writing a Book

  free printable, journal questions, memoir, my why, publish a memoir, save the cat, why I write, writing a memoir