Don't Get Mired Down in Your Memoir
Memoir writers can't make progress because they are learning to write, have career and personal commitments, and get no support for the work
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Trish Lockard
- May 25, 2020
- 4 min
How to Write Good Dialogue
Dialogue never exists for its own purpose. It is a form of narrative.
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Trish Lockard
- May 22, 2020
- 4 min
How to Choose a Memoir Theme
The key to writing a really good memoir is to identify a really good theme that runs through some aspect of your life and focus on that.
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Trish Lockard
- May 2, 2020
- 4 min
Writing About Trauma: What Memoir Is and Isn’t
Understanding the true purpose of memoir is key to knowing when the time is right for you to write one.
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Trish Lockard
- Apr 27, 2020
- 6 min
Memoir and Law: Understanding Defamation and Invasion of Privacy
Memoir authors risk defamation and invasion of privacy lawsuits. How can they protect themselves?
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Trish Lockard
- Mar 14, 2020
- 4 min
Overwriting, the Death of Clarity
Simplicity . No matter your genre, keep your writing as straightforward and to-the-point as possible. Write to communicate, not to impress.
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Trish Lockard
- Dec 18, 2019
- 5 min
Heal and Grow: The Power of Journaling
Journaling promotes self-awareness, shifts your viewpoint, and broadens your perspective on yourself and others.
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Trish Lockard
- Nov 16, 2019
- 3 min
Personal Essays are Still a Hot Commodity
A personal essay is about a topical subject discussed from a personal perspective, yours or someone else’s.
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Trish Lockard
- Oct 7, 2019
- 3 min
Smart Writers Seek Smart Editors for Their Best Work
At the risk of sounding like a broken record, I want to talk about this issue of self-editing and the necessity of hiring a professional...
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Trish Lockard
- Sep 11, 2019
- 4 min
Coping with Critique and Criticism: Part 2
Trust is a requirement of the editor-author relationship. You must trust that I want your work to be of outstanding quality.
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