Generating ideas for memoir
Photo Credit: MarkGregory007 Flickr via Compfight cc I’m teaching a generative memoir workshop at The Loft Literary Center on Saturday …
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I <3 book clubs!
When my book first came out in 2013, I knew of a lot of book clubs (especially in the Mankato …
3-Act structure for nonfiction (Part II)
A good narrative twists and turns, and something changes from beginning to end. Photo Credit: daveynin Flickr via Compfight cc …
Creative Nonfiction workshop Nov. 3- Dec. 15
If you’re in the Minneapolis area and have some creative nonfiction that you want to workshop, I’m leading a workshopping …
Patti Smith’s “M Train”
I don’t often post my Goodreads reviews here. But if I find a work of creative nonfiction to be exceptional, …
Look for the trees
This is the first of an multi-part series on cemeteries. This is taken from an early draft of my memoir. My …
Do you want to know what constitutes effective creative nonfiction? Here’s a great list
A must-read for anyone writing creative nonfiction.
Don’t remember? No problem!
If you want to write memoir but don’t remember specific details of events, that’s OK. Here’s one way to address the issue.
So you want to write nonfiction. Don’t do this!
I’ve had the opportunity to read a lot of nonfiction lately. It’s been a great exercise in what works and …
