Scared Others Will Judge Your Writing?
Many of us have gone through difficult events in our lives and felt called to write about them. If we’ve experienced personal transformation through a healing journey, writing our story and sharing it with the world can become part of our healing. It’s one of the last pieces that needs to click into place in […]
Afraid to Start Writing Your Memoir? Here’s How to Push Past the Fear.
Even if you’ve been dreaming of writing your memoir for years, it’s very common to sit down to actually start doing it and feel immediately paralyzed and not able to move forward. This is a very specific, very strong form of writer’s block that often hits writers right when they’ve decided to finally take the […]
5 Signs You Shouldn’t Ignore That Are Telling You to Write Your Memoir
It’s very common for writers to begin writing their memoir and then tell me, “Oh wow, I wish I’d started this years ago. I can’t believe I put off writing my book for this long.” This is because, once the writer starts actually writing, they realize that they’ve been getting clear signs all along that […]
How Do You Know If You Should Write a Memoir?
In every one of my classes for writers, there are always a few writers who are doing deep healing work and, along the way, discover that they feel called to write a memoir. However, immediately after this, self-doubt kicks in and the writer questions if they really should be spending their time trying to write […]
The Best Advice Ever for Writing Memoir
Writing a memoir is one of those things that sounds like it should be easy. You’re just telling a story about your life experiences, right? Wrong. Writing memoir can actually be quite difficult, especially if you’re focusing on life experiences that were painful or traumatic, or may even be hard for other people to believe. […]