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101 Creative Writing Prompts for Memoir Writers
Writership is pleased to present the first in our series of creative writing prompt books. 101 Creative Writing Prompts for Memoir Writers is chock full of gorgeous pictures and writing prompts for you to jump start that memoir you’ve been wanting to write. Complete with an introduction to freewriting, this book provides lots of fodder for your creative explorations. Approach the prompts in order or flip to a random page for new inspiration. Revisit the prompts for a deeper dive into the topic at hand. When combined with a daily practice, these prompts will help illuminate the themes and messages you want to write about in your memoir. Explore your life's defining experiences, adventure, adversity, and accomplishments through these writing exercises.
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120 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 13, 2014
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February 8, 2016
In order to remain committed to their truth, memoir writers have to dig deeply into their memories to recapture feelings, events and people to the best of their ability. When the memories are painful or difficult to remember a photo or a writing prompt can help to trigger the creative juices. 101 Creative Writing Prompts for Memoir Writers guides the writer and provides a focus on specific topics that may lead to an improved recall of events and stories that will help the writer bring the stories alive on the page.
Whether you aim to publish a memoir or simply want to write in a journal, this book offers a beginning section on free writing and a discussion about how memoir differs from autobiography. Memoir writers connect to their readers through an authentic voice and through relevant details. The prompts are then listed with a photograph and pertinent questions such as what is your message? Why do you want to write your memoir?
This book is a valuable resource for any writer, beginner or experienced, who needs a nudge to get their creative process started and to stay motivated to find and share their story.
Whether you aim to publish a memoir or simply want to write in a journal, this book offers a beginning section on free writing and a discussion about how memoir differs from autobiography. Memoir writers connect to their readers through an authentic voice and through relevant details. The prompts are then listed with a photograph and pertinent questions such as what is your message? Why do you want to write your memoir?
This book is a valuable resource for any writer, beginner or experienced, who needs a nudge to get their creative process started and to stay motivated to find and share their story.
February 26, 2015
101 Creative Writing Prompts
What a great book! Memoirs are terrifically popular and, even if never published, writing one is a fantastic experience. For over a year, I have been encouraging some of my friends and relatives to write their own memoirs, promising sometimes to 'help' them. An 85 year old friend who babysat my oldest son 40 + years ago when I went back to teaching; my 72 year old sister who is the oldest living relative of our family and who may remember things that the rest of us have forgotten; and co-workers who have experiences that should be written down for the future generations.
NOW I can fulfill my promise of 'help'. With this wonderful book, those and others can be prompted to write -certainly- creative stories, but also more. Once they get started, they can free-write and not stop. Everyone of these writing prompts also suggests, in my mind, a dozen others. The possibilities are endless. The authors seem to have one or more writing projects going, and I fully support whatever it is they are doing because they are heading, in my humble opinion, in the write (right) direction
What a great book! Memoirs are terrifically popular and, even if never published, writing one is a fantastic experience. For over a year, I have been encouraging some of my friends and relatives to write their own memoirs, promising sometimes to 'help' them. An 85 year old friend who babysat my oldest son 40 + years ago when I went back to teaching; my 72 year old sister who is the oldest living relative of our family and who may remember things that the rest of us have forgotten; and co-workers who have experiences that should be written down for the future generations.
NOW I can fulfill my promise of 'help'. With this wonderful book, those and others can be prompted to write -certainly- creative stories, but also more. Once they get started, they can free-write and not stop. Everyone of these writing prompts also suggests, in my mind, a dozen others. The possibilities are endless. The authors seem to have one or more writing projects going, and I fully support whatever it is they are doing because they are heading, in my humble opinion, in the write (right) direction
March 13, 2016
Writers can find dozens of books with writing prompts, but 101 Creative Writing Prompts for Memoir Writers is tailored specifically to this genre. The authors appeal to readers both verbally and visually too, with large photos gracing each page along with a written prompt.
This attractive handbook is a practical aid to overcoming the proverbial writers’ block or help the writer retrieve details of people and events long forgotten. For example, on page 47 I saw the image of the ancient, intricately crafted clock in Prague that I photographed on a visit to Czech Republic. Immediately I was taken back to a place I myself recalled photographing. In the prompt entitled “Cliffhanger” I saw a photo of a man literally hanging over a cliff and recalled a time when my husband also named Cliff could have had a near-fatal accident.
The prompts in this book are not as elaborately developed as those in Abigail Thomas’ Thinking about Memoir. However, it is a book I will keep on my desk as a quick reference when I feel stuck and need a fresh thought.
This attractive handbook is a practical aid to overcoming the proverbial writers’ block or help the writer retrieve details of people and events long forgotten. For example, on page 47 I saw the image of the ancient, intricately crafted clock in Prague that I photographed on a visit to Czech Republic. Immediately I was taken back to a place I myself recalled photographing. In the prompt entitled “Cliffhanger” I saw a photo of a man literally hanging over a cliff and recalled a time when my husband also named Cliff could have had a near-fatal accident.
The prompts in this book are not as elaborately developed as those in Abigail Thomas’ Thinking about Memoir. However, it is a book I will keep on my desk as a quick reference when I feel stuck and need a fresh thought.
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