My forthcoming book The Strong Black Woman How A Myth Endangers The Physical and Mental of Black Women is written in a style I have come to call “communal memoir.” This is a narrative that incorporates interviews, conversations, dialogues, meditations,…
When you are writing a memoir you are writing a story. A story is a narrative-driven by action, drama, conflict, strong characters, and an arc of gradual transformation for the main character (you). The best stories enlarge you as you…
How to Write A Memoir Part One I launched my career with a memoir, Migrations of the Heart, published when I was 33 years old. Carol Mann a Manhattan literary agent had read a draft of my first attempt at…
I have been writing and teaching writing for a long time. The one thing I know about becoming a successful writer is that it takes more, much more than putting words on paper. Much of the most powerful writing is…
As I look forward to the new year and prepare myself for it I have a number of “practices” that serve me well. Although I am often haphazard and inconsistent in my journaling, I do write furiously on its pages…
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