How to Write a Memoir Now
If you’re thinking about writing a memoir you may be wondering where to start or how to write a memoir. You may be a skilled writer or never have written anything in your life but either way or no matter what skill level you have you can start writing your memoirs immediately using these tips. Whether you want to publish your memoirs in a book or not these tips will get you started.
First of all know the difference between a memoir and an autobiography. An autobiography would be a story of your life and you would only write one autobiography. A memoir however is about just one story from your life so you can write many memoirs. I just wanted to clear that up since many people confuse a memoir with an autobiography. Also some people refer to memoirs as a memoir biography but that is incorrect also, since a biography is written by someone else about your life. Read the rest of this entry »
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Ever wonder why we refer to convincing an editor a story is worthy by “pitching a story?” I have. I’m a baseball enthusiast, and it makes a lot of sense to me. When the editor is at bat with you, he or she has a few swings to make before making a connection – through the story idea (ball) that could end up being a base hit or a home run. Naturally, everyone wants to hit a home run when they go to bat with an editor. Sometimes publicists and writers do have to walk to first base for the story assignment. Here are some helpful tips on how to pitch a story to an editor – and how to at least hit a single, double, or triple – if not a home run on occasion. Read the rest of this entry »
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How to Write a Great Story For Children
Now you can’t just come right out and say what their problem is. The story must evolve in such a way as to make it readily apparent what they are going through. For example, anyone who read Harry Potter could tell that he had family issues and that he felt different from the other kids because of his personal history. R.K. Rowling never had to come out and say these things. The story naturally led you to these conclusions.
Now on to the solution to your character’s problem. As these are children’s stories feel free to be creative. In Harry Potter, Harry develops close relationships and gains popularity and a sense of having a home through his adventures at Hogwarts. By fighting a common evil he gains the other students’ respect and loyalty. Read the rest of this entry »
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If you like to read short stories then you could write them for profit. People these days are often times poor, so the short story has come back into fashion.
The appeal of a short story – appeal you need to make sure your short stories have – is that they are just long enough to grab your interest…. but not so long that they will take all day or all week to finish. Read the rest of this entry »
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How to Write a Novel – Half Right is Half Wrong
The largest single issue for fiction writers is not “how to write” but “what to write?” – what to have happen next, and next, and next…
We are not plagued by a lack of imagination but by the very abundance of imagination. There are too many possibilities, too many possible directions, courses, actions, etc., that we can choose for our characters to take.
Our imaginations do not fail us because they are empty but because they overflow constantly with a multiplicity of possibilities. The problem then is not lack of choices but too many of them. The question then is how do we choose? Read the rest of this entry »
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