Structuring Your Memoir: Naming the Premise – I’ve been thinking more this month about how you can find your way into the wealth of material that is your life, and compose from it a memoir.
Lisa Dale Norton
Lisa Dale Norton is an author, developmental book editor, and a dynamic public speaker. She is passionate about layered writing structures in narrative nonfiction that reflect the complexity of life experience, and about the transformative power of writing a memoir. She is a gifted teacher, clear communicator, and a pro at creating an environment were learning can happen.
Lisa wrote America’s go-to memoir writing guide, Shimmering Images: A Handy Little Guide to Writing Memoir (Macmillan), and the literary nonfiction story Hawk Flies Above: Journey to the Heart of the Sandhills (Picador USA), which won comparisons to the writing of Annie Dillard. https://lisadalenorton.com/
Find the Heart of Your Story, Part 3
Authorlink—September 2020 Lisa Dale Norton Title: How To Find the Heart of your Story and Structure Your Memoir (Third and Final in the Pandemic Series) When the pandemic started, I wrote about using stay-at-home time to work on your memoir, and then...
Stay at Home — and Write Your Memoir #2
Writing Insights – Stay At Home—And Write Your Memoir #2
Writing Insights: Stay At Home—And Write Your Memoir
Writing Insights: Stay At Home—And Write Your Memoir
How Do You Handle Dialogue In a Memoir?
Writing Insights – How Do You Handle Dialogue In a Memoir?
Why We Write Memoir: A Manifesto for 2020, The Year of Seeing Clearly
Writing Insights – Why We Write Memoir: A Manifesto for 2020, The Year of Seeing Clearly
Should Your Memoir Have the Shape of a Novel?
Writing Insights – Should Your Memoir Have the Shape of a Novel?
The Best Memoir I’ve Read, and Why It’s Important
Writing Insights – The Best Memoir I’ve Read, and Why It’s Important—If You Want to Sell Your Memoir
How Can I Finish My Memoir by the End of the Year
Writing Insights – How Can I Finish My Memoir by the End of the Year?—Three plans for right now
Memoir Writing: Avoid the Day’s Fiery Issues, or Takes Sides?
Writing Insight – Memoir Writing: Avoid the Fiery Issues of the Day, or Takes Sides?
