Writing Your Story

Join acclaimed memoirist Joyce Maynard and discover how to write personal true stories that your readers will never forget.

Topics Covered:

• 1: What Happens When We Keep Secrets?
• 2: Name Your Obsessions
• 3: Stick to Your Story
• 4: Identify Your Journey
• 5: Take Your Story Apart
• 6: The Landing Place
• 7: The Honesty Question
• 8: What's the Worst That Can Happen?
• 9: Descriptive versus Interpretive Language
• 10: Diagramming the Sentence
• 11: The Importance of Economy
• 12: Dialogue and Rhythm
• 13: Six Common Mistakes Writers Make
• 14: The Paragraph
• 15: Building the Arc
• 16: The Test of a Good Memoir
• 17: The Container
• 18: Two Containers from Scratch
• 19: Developing Your Container
• 20: Dissecting a Good Container Essay
• 21: The Writing Life
• 22: Creating a Writing Practice
• 23: What Gets in Your Way?
• 24: The Not-Writing Process
• 25: Criticism and Rejection
• 26: What Happens When We Tell Our Truth?