My daughter encourage me to watch this web seminar about memoirs. I've always wanted to write it but it's very emotional. My children and I lived in the Middle East for many years. After the revolution, during the iran-iraq war, the American hostage situation. The bombings were the hardest part 8 years of war. I finally escaped with a 10 year olds and almost two-year-old at 8 months escaping from my abusive husband. The same man that help not without my also helped me
If I understand right, Take Away can be written in many places, not exclusive to the opening-right? My webpage has several writing samples, prologue too for my working manuscript. Ew, gotta revise with Take Away. Good stuff here; thanks, Brooke.
Yes, that's right. I recommend practicing takeaway at the beginning and end of scenes, but as you get more adept at it then you can start to sprinkle it throughout your writing. Thanks for watching.
I revised; took it to my writers group for critique, who unanimously suggested to change my “You”s to “We”s, because 1) this opening chapter is written 3rd Person and 2) “You” sounds demanding (or offending, as you say is ok). Also, as much as I like the revision process, its upping my manuscript’s word count instead of dropping to 120,000 words for submission to your press, hmmm
Great stuff. I'm taking a shot at writing a memoir, and I've got 19 days of typing What I've Done... maybe I can spend the rest of the time looking at takeaways from my chapters Before writing them. "Connecting with the reader" seems like my basic idea, but that seems a thin premise as of yet.
Takeaways are always something you can add to your manuscript at a later stage, after you figure out what your general arc and storyline are. Thanks for watching!
Thank you for sharing your expertise!
You are an extremely effective teacher. Thanks for sharing your knowledge here.
My daughter encourage me to watch this web seminar about memoirs. I've always wanted to write it but it's very emotional. My children and I lived in the Middle East for many years. After the revolution, during the iran-iraq war, the American hostage situation. The bombings were the hardest part 8 years of war. I finally escaped with a 10 year olds and almost two-year-old at 8 months escaping from my abusive husband. The same man that help not without my also helped me
Atyeh Atyeh You must be very brave to take such risk. ❤️❤️❤️❤️I would buy your memoir if you wrote it. You are amazing for what you did.
Atyeh Atyeh I am already moved by your story. I really hope you will write your memoir.. The world needs to hear it. ❤️🙏
Your way of conveying what memoir is really resonates for me....
thanks for this. i am writing my memoir.
Very well explained
If I understand right, Take Away can be written in many places, not exclusive to the
opening-right? My webpage has several writing samples, prologue too for my
working manuscript. Ew, gotta revise with Take Away. Good stuff here; thanks,
Brooke.
Yes, that's right. I recommend practicing takeaway at the beginning and end of scenes, but as you get more adept at it then you can start to sprinkle it throughout your writing. Thanks for watching.
I revised; took it to my writers group for critique, who unanimously suggested to change my “You”s to “We”s, because 1) this
opening chapter is written 3rd Person and 2) “You” sounds demanding (or offending, as you say is ok). Also, as much as I like the revision process, its upping my manuscript’s word count instead of dropping to 120,000 words for submission to your press, hmmm
❤ excellent
very interesting discussion.tq for uploading.hope to hear more
Thank you this is great :)
Great stuff. I'm taking a shot at writing a memoir, and I've got 19 days of typing What I've Done... maybe I can spend the rest of the time looking at takeaways from my chapters Before writing them. "Connecting with the reader" seems like my basic idea, but that seems a thin premise as of yet.
Takeaways are always something you can add to your manuscript at a later stage, after you figure out what your general arc and storyline are. Thanks for watching!
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