Creativity and Memoir Writing

Brenda Ueland in her classic book If You Want To Write talks about the spark of creativity and the process of writing and creating, with inspirational flashes to show us how other writers and creators, painters, playwrights and poets come to hear their muse.
Quotes:
Inspiration comes very slowly and quietly.
And how do these creative thoughts come? [...]

Writing Moment by Moment

During my workshop, I encouraged everyone to come up with a “Turning Point List” of events that were significant in a deeply emotional or spiritual way, and then to write one of those stories.

The Personal History of a Book’s Life—The Power of Memoir

My newest book The Power of Memoir—How to Write Your Healing Story has just been released by Jossey-Bass. I’m thrilled about this, because the road to getting to a large publisher has been long and confusing. Often I had to traverse through unknown terrains to get where I am now: holding a brand new copy of my book. The cover is soft and silky, it glows in colors of amber, the pages smell good inside. Confession: I’m a book sniffer.

The Power of Memoir Writing

It is an act of courage and personal power to dare to write the truths you hold, to carve a space in the vast realms of time and dive in, using only words as ballast.

13 Reasons to Write a Healing Memoir

“Re-member” means to bring together the different parts of ourselves, and find ourselves whole.

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