“The important thing [in writing memoir], is not the life, but the meaning extracted from it.” – Ellen Boneparth Hi Writers: I haven’t yet figured out the true secret of
“No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader.” – Robert Frost As many of you know, my beloved niece Jamey Ax, passed away on February 6, 2007. She
I’m sitting in Port Townsend, WA in the computer lab of Goddard College‘s west coast branch where I’m working on my MFA in creative writing. When I checked my email
“Eventually everyone learns his or her own best way. The real mystery to crack is you.” – Bernard Malamud, interviewed for The Writer’s Desk by Jill Krementz What’s your way?
I’m feverishly working on a “short paper” for my first semester in Goddard’s MFA program. Since personality typing systems have intrigued me for years, I decided to focus on using
Many of the comments my Goddard MFA advisor, Aimee Liu, made on my manuscript (working title: Memorial) apply to any piece of writing. I thought I’d share them with you:
In the opening paragraph of Joan Didion’s The Year of Magical Thinking, a series of italicized phrases she wrote immediately following her husband’s death, leapt off the page: Life changes
Yesterday I finished writing up thirteen pages of notes in an attempt to analyze Joan Didion’s The Year of Magical Thinking. The paper I need to write on the topic
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