Writer’s Digest

It’s often said that there are a million ways to tell a story—and thus a million ways to start one. So how do you generate a good starting idea? First, you need to be aware of your choices.

by Steve Zousmer
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Evoke Emotions in Your Readers

Based on the amateur memoirs I’ve read, I think the most common mistake—the mistake most likely to damage the readability of your book—is becoming a slave to chronology.

by Steve Zousmer
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Should You Write a Memoir?
(The Memoirist's Dilemma)

Memoir author Matt Rothschild says there are issues you need to consider before telling your story.

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2 Simple Blogging Exercises

Lessons and tips for working on specific aspects of your writing.
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Your Novel Blueprint

Turn your dream novel into a reality by taking some tips from the worksite and using this Story Plan Checklist.

by Karen S. Wiesner Read more

The WD Interview:
Isabel Allende

Isabel Allende found a release for her grief in the form of a memoir written to her departed daughter.

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November is National Novel Writing Month

NaNoWriMo’s Chris Baty shares five tips for writing your book in a month.

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The Healing Truth

An aspiring fiction writer realizes her story is better told as a memoir.

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Challenging the Limits of Memory

In this excerpt from Writing Life Stories, Bill Roorbach teaches you how to pay attention to and translate your memories and how to overcome your resistance to remembered places and events. Read more

Q&A: WDB Author Bill Roorbach

Bill Roorbach, author of Writing Life Stories, has publications in both creative nonfiction (memoir, essays, nature writing) and fiction (novel, short stories). He's also the William H.P. Jenks Chair in Contemporary American Letters at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts. The advice he emphasizes is this: Write every day. Read more

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