Your Life as Story: Writing Narrative Non Fiction Writing Sensuous Details February, 2013 Lisa Dale Norton "What makes you fall in love with a story?" —NORTON Santa Fe, New Mexico, spreads flat across the horizon. No skyscrapers mar this place....
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/
Your Life as Story: Who Would Care?
Lisa Dale Norton "This is the gift of memoir, the power it accords you to interpret your life the way you see it. . ." —NORTON Your Life as Story: Writing Narrative Non Fiction Who Would Care? December 1, 2011(re-posted from 12/1/2009)...
Rerun by popular demand: Writing Narrative Non Fiction
Lisa Dale Norton Writing Narrative Non Fiction Triggering Words: A Mini-Memoir Exercise by Lisa Dale Norton April 2009 July 2011, re-posted from 3/31/2009 (Lisa's on sabbatical, back soon. Meanwhile enjoy selected past features here) "That’s the trick...
Re-run by Popular Demand: Writing Narrative Non Fiction
Lisa Dale Norton Writing Narrative Non Fiction: In Step with the Times by Lisa Dale Norton June, 2011 Re-posted from 3/2009 (Lisa's on sabbatical. Meanwhile enjoy selected past features ) ". . . your stories drawn from life material must be...
Re-run by Popular Demand: Your Life As Story: Becoming a Visible Voice
Lisa Dale Norton Your Life As Story: Becoming a Visible Voice by Lisa Dale Norton May 2011 Re-posted from 1/2009 (Lisa's on sabbatical. Meanwhile enjoy selected past features ) "Voice is distinct to where you live in a way that is often invisible."...
Re-run By Popular Demand: Writing Narrative Nonfiction: The Language Detective
Lisa Dale Norton Your Life As Story: The Language Detective Re-run By Popular Demand by Lisa Dale Norton December 2008 "I’m encouraging you to be blatantly curious and snoopy." —NORTON Here’s an idea: Take yourself down to your...
Writing Narrative Non Fiction: Your Life as a Story of Love
Lisa Dale Norton Your Life as Story: Writing Narrative Non Fiction Your Life as a Story of Love Lisa Dale Norton February, 2011 "Writing a story about your life can be overwhelming." —NORTON Writing a story about your life can be...
Writing Narrative Non Fiction: Reaching the Dream
Lisa Dale Norton Your Life as Story: Writing Narrative Non Fiction 2011: Reaching the Dream Lisa Dale Norton January, 2011 "Deadlines. They’re nothing new." —NORTON Deadlines. They’re nothing new. You’ve heard them from...
Writing Narrative Non Fiction: Precious Darlings
Lisa Dale Norton Your Life as Story: Writing Narrative Non Fiction Precious Darlings Lisa Dale Norton December, 2010 ". . . as the story evolved and editing carved away other unnecessary material, these little nuggets stuck around." —NORTON I read a...
Writing Narrative Non Fiction: Finessing Mid-Story Slump
Lisa Dale Norton Your Life as Story: Writing Narrative Non Fiction Finessing Mid-Story Slump Lisa Dale Norton November, 2010 ". . .I came to the writing desk and felt slow and confused . . ." —NORTON It’s easy to not...
