Lisa Dale Norton Your Life As Story: Writing Narrative Nonfiction Observation by Lisa Dale Norton ". . . by paying attention I find clarity." —NORTON I am struck again by the most basic of writerly skills. I have packed in to the old family cabin...
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/
Writing Narrative Nonfiction: Stories of Home
Lisa Dale Norton Writing Narrative Nonfiction Stories of Home by Lisa Dale Norton June 2009 "As the boxes fill. . .I am reminded of where my stories reside.." —NORTON I am in the process of packing up my house to put everything in storage. The...
Writing Narrative Non Fiction: The Research Memoir
Lisa Dale Norton Writing Narrative Nonfiction: The Research Memoir by Lisa Dale Norton May 2009 "Memoir today is best combined with a story about something outside your emotional experience." —NORTON I was in New York City last week...
Triggering Words: A Mini-Memoir Exercise
Lisa Dale Norton Writing Narrative Nonfiction: Triggering Words - A Mini-Memoir Exercise by Lisa Dale Norton April 2009 "That’s the trick of memoir—finding one word brimming with emotion." —NORTON I found a note the other...
Writing Narrative Nonfiction In Step with the Times
Lisa Dale Norton Writing Narrative Nonfiction: In Step with the Times by Lisa Dale Norton March 2009 ". . . your stories drawn from life material must be about more than just the circle of personal experience. " —NORTON We are...
Your Life As Story: Becoming a Visible Voice
Lisa Dale Norton Your Life As Story: Becoming a Visible Voice by Lisa Dale Norton January 2009 "Voice is distinct to where you live in a way that is often invisible." —NORTON I write to you from the third floor of a nineteenth century house...
Writing Narrative Nonfiction Ripe with Voice
Lisa Dale Norton Your Life As Story: Writing Narrative Nonfiction Ripe with Voice by Lisa Dale Norton November 200 "Here in the spare lands of the windswept prairie I listen to the voice of this region." —NORTON I write to you this...
Your Life As Story: Narrative Non Fiction Like A Novel
Lisa Dale Norton Your Life As Story: Narrative Non Fiction Like A Novel by Lisa Dale Norton October 2008 "I know some of the writing tricks that make achieving that goal easier. . ." —NORTON I write this month from Colorado Springs where I have...
Your Life As Story: Thinking About Memoir in the High Desert
Lisa Dale Norton Your Life As Story: Thinking About Memoir in the High Desert by Lisa Dale Norton September 2008 ". . . we writers must be willing to bring more to the unraveling of personal experience than just a recitation of the events . . ."...
Writing Narrative Non-Fiction: Making Memoir from the Unexpected
Lisa Dale Norton Your Life As Story: Writing Narrative Nonfiction Making Memoir from the Unexpected by Lisa Dale Norton August 2008 "I was in LA this past week, to record a TV show. That was the up side of the trip." —NORTON I was in LA...
