Ask the Author: Heather A. Diamond
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Heather A. Diamond
Freewriting is a great way to trick your brain past balking at the blank screen or page. I make a lot of lists, and I've done the full 12 weeks of The Artist's Way twice to get to a breakthrough. Sometimes I draw my ideas to loosen up an idea that isn't ready to come out in words.
Heather A. Diamond
One of the best rewards of writing a book is hearing feedback from readers. Once a book is out in the world, it means different things to different people because everyone brings their own experience to the page. I love hearing that my work has touched someone or made someone think about the world in a new way.
Heather A. Diamond
I can only speak to memoir, and my advice for that is to get messy and go deep. There is no other way to do life writing. There is always plenty of time to clean up a draft and the rewards for being willing to look in the mirror are worth the reckonings. Try to write about yourself and others with a balance of honesty and compassion.
Heather A. Diamond
I've learned so much about myself and American values from marrying into a Chinese family. I wanted to share the experience of coming up against my edges and how getting outside of my comfort zone has transformed my views.
Heather A. Diamond
I've always been a sponge for stories, so what I hear from others as well as what I experience becomes fodder for what I write. Reading the work of other writers keeps me humble and inspires me at the same time.
Heather A. Diamond
I've begun writing a second memoir set in the early 1970's back-to-the-land era.
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