by Memoir Mentor on January 19, 2012
Shakespeare wrote one…a story he turned into a play he called A Winter’s Tale. I bet you have a few winter stories you could tell. Growing up in Southern California, I experienced few WINTER winters. However, I did spend some winters in Utah during my college years and learned what it was like to trudge [...]
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A Winter's Tale,
Frazier Park,
Shakespeare,
writing memoir,
Writing Personal History
by Memoir Mentor on November 16, 2011
All memoir writing teachers soon discover they’re teaching far more than a writing class. While writing a personal history may be the project that initially draws people to the class, something far more important and meaningful keeps them coming back, again and again. One of my students approached me yesterday and said, “When I leave [...]
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Judy Huck,
writing memoir,
writing stories
