Six-Word Memoirs Ideas become stuff. Jot 'em down.BY RedStickWriter on April 8, 20241 | 6 FavoritesOf course, we all have to-do lists. That's one example of what I'm talking about. Without those lists, we'd be less organized, run out of things we need, or fail to show up ...
Memoir of the Day on February 28, 2024 When the login stopped working, I watched from outside for a while and read posts. I waited and hoped, and I was so thrilled to get the email today with Larry’s story about getting things up and running again. I missed you! Today, I’ve go...
If you're still stuck, try this tip: usemagnetic poetry. You know the kind that you put on your refrigerator and mess around with? That often gives me ideas. 4. Use Your Six Word Stories as a Writing Prompt When you write or read a six word story, you probably want to know more ...
No, I’m not talking about writing a memoir piece, but using something we all have — a snapshot in time. We all have those brief moments in life when we see something out of the ordinary, an event, or an interaction between people or things that make us pause for a brief second. ...
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Helen Garner’s thinly disguised memoirThe Spare Roomexplores the demands and limits of friendship when she is asked to host a friend from Sydney who is seeking alternative therapy for advanced cancer. Nicola’s death is not really the core of this story: instead the drama of the book is He...
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My next book has a musical term in the title and the word “music” in its subtitle. It isEmma Ayres‘ (now Ed Le Brocq) travel memoir,Cadence: Travels with music(my review). And, with a little six-degrees licence, I’m going to lay claim to another link, which is that Ayres’...
The idea of stages of life brought to mind Georgia Blain’sBirths Deaths Marriages: True Tales. This memoir is crafted as a series of autobiographical essays, many of which had been published in literary journals. We all move through life, but what if you got stuck, dying over and over?
1.A Stranger in Olondria Told in the style of a memoir, this is the story of Jevik leaving his remote pepper plantation to see the wide world. That’s not a super interesting premise, but it can still work. Some of fantasy’s most celebrated entries are made up entirely of characters...