by christine | May 30, 2022 | homepage
You may think that the first hurdle to getting your story written down would be the actual writing part, but I have some news for you… The reality is that the very first hurdle that new (and even experienced writers) face is insecurity. Even at the thought of writing...
by christine | Apr 19, 2022 | homepage
Some memoirs deal with heavier subject matter than others. When you’ve lived through such an experience, not only can it be emotionally draining to write about, but it can also be quite difficult to ensure you’re giving enough details for the reader to fully...
by christine | Mar 27, 2022 | homepage
Hands down, the number one hesitation I hear from people is that they have a story to tell but… I am not a writer. Those five simple words stand in the way of you sharing your story with the world, and that is terribly unfortunate because I know that you have a great...
by christine | Feb 20, 2022 | homepage, memoir
We’re all social beings. Even if you’re introverted like me, there are valuable relationships in our lives that are a huge part of our stories. We need other people in our lives to fill a variety of roles: romantic, platonic, health professional, parent...
by christine | Jan 30, 2022 | Editing, homepage, memoir
Like any significant project, it can be hard to know where to start when you sit down to write your memoir. First, you have what every writer in any genre faces: the technicalities of getting that story onto a page. But memoir writers have the added challenge of...
by christine | Apr 25, 2021 | Communications, homepage
This blog post can also be downloaded as a PDF guide here. Dialogue is a wonderful and effective way of breaking up long narrative, especially long descriptive chunks. It acts like fingers snapping—a signal to re-capture the reader’s attention and bring them back to...
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