“When you put down the good things you ought to have done, and leave out the bad ones you did do — well, that’s Memoirs.” Will Rogers I’ve been engrossed with Natalie Goldberg’s memoir writing book this week. I used to think memoir was only something written when you are old and retired, thinking back… Continue reading On Memoir
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Writing Down the Bones
“It is by sitting down to write every morning that one becomes a writer.”Gerald Brenan Don’t wait until you’re published to say you’re a writer. You’re a writer if you write, period. In Natalie Goldberg’s Writing Down the Bones, Natalie talks about making lists of topics for writing practice. When you’re faced with the blank… Continue reading Writing Down the Bones