Finding the Shape for Memoir, with Beth Kaplan
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Finding the Shape for Memoir, with Beth Kaplan [Full Transcript]
Intro:
Well, hey there, Writer. Welcome to the Resilient Writers Radio Show. I'm your host, Rhonda Douglas. And this is the podcast for writers who want to create and sustain a writing life they love. Because let's face it, the writing life has its ups and downs, and we want to not just write, but also to be able to enjoy the process so that we'll spend more time with our butt-in-chair getting those words on the page.
This podcast is for writers who love books and everything that goes into the making of them. For writers who want to learn and grow in their craft and improve their writing skills. Writers who want to finish their books and get them out into the world so their ideal readers can enjoy them. Writers who want to spend more time in that flow state. Writers who want to connect with...
Writing a Memoir in Essays, with Rona Maynard
Just because we don’t know where a writing project is going, doesn’t mean we can’t work on it with intent.
Rona Maynard didn’t set out with the intent to write a memoir. In fact, what is now her latest book Starter Dog started as a series of Facebook posts, then grew into so much more.
But those posts wouldn’t have existed if Rona hadn’t been looking for something to write—and if she hadn’t experienced a change in her perspective.
Writing a Memoir in Essays, with Rona Maynard
Listen to learn:
- About writing memoir in essays
- How to create structure for memoir in essays
- How to turn something that isn’t a book into a book
- How being grounded in our senses can help our writing
Here’s a sneak peek of today’s episode…
[03:04] I just wanted to figure out this great, big, complicated problem. And I thought it was all going to happen in my head.
[10:48] There are the ones...
