Take the Shot They Called them “Thugs.” I call them Writers. As teachers, we’re not supposed to have favorites. But come on, we’re only human. Some of us like a challenge. When my sister asked me to help her in her middle school classroom, I had no idea we would be sent out to a […]
Why We Get Stuck—and What It Really Means Slumps happen. I’ve seen them strike new writers, MFA graduates, and published authors. You sit down, ready to write, but nothing clicks. It’s not laziness. It’s not fear. Most of the time, it’s confusion. Something in the story isn’t working, and it slows everything down. I’ve worked […]
Writing a memoir is scary. Many of my clients fear what their friends will think. What their relatives will think. The critics! The recent firestorm of scorn speaks for itself.
An artist does not start in the upper left-hand corner and then work from left to right, finishing each square inch as she goes. Just as you can work on any part of your story
