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99 Writing Prompts For Memoir & Journal Writers Who Are STUCK: Questions with stories of real experiences to inspire you
This is not just another list-of-writing-prompts-book because Carolyn V. Hamilton has included personal stories to inspire you to be ruthlessly hones with yourself.
And she has done so honestly, openly, and with no holds barred. Just as she encourages you to do.
Sharing your personal thoughts with yourself in a written format can lead to unbridled self-exploration and self-knowledge.
Carolyn V. Hamilton's goal has been to provide you with lots of often odd and unusual things to think about when you sit down to write your memoir or to write in your daily journal.
Your emotional reactions to Carolyn's personal stories may give you some new insight into yourself, and how you prefer to tell your stories. Her memoir students and clients often tell her that it's not easy, or not always preferable, to be blunt and raw.
In this book you'll find intriguing story prompt titles like, "What Mom Said", "Eavesdropping", "The Tsunami Wedding", "That Foul Smell", "Close Encounters of the Police Kind", and "Stung, Bitten, Ravaged."
If you are writing a memoir, these prompts can give you some ideas for something to write when you are "stuck." And that piece may well find its way into the big picture of your story.
From the author of The 5 Important Parts of a Successful Memoir & Why You Need Them and Power Editing For Memoir Writers, this comprehensive book will spark your inspiration and immediately unleash your creativity.
It may also help you to deep-dive into yourself and discover daring and daunting epiphanies.
"It's possible simply to go through life noticing things and writing them down and that this is OK, it's worth doing... the seemingly insignificant things that most of us spend our days noticing are really significant, have meaning, and tell us something." - Joan Didion
Buy your copy of 99 Writing Prompts For Memoir and Journal Writers Who are Stuck now!
INTERVIEW WITH THE
How did you come to write this book for memoir and journal writers?
We need to talk about the writing process. We learn by doing, doing the homework to prepare yourself. Not just learning grammar and punctuation, but reading books about the memoir genre and, reading other memoirs. I want 99 Writing Prompts to be a trigger for bigger things in a writer's life.
What other books have you written for memoir writers?
Right now I have 4 other books specifically to help memoir writers get organized and tell their
Power Editing For Memoir Writers
The 5 Important Parts of a Successful Memoir & Why You Need Them
The Big Red Power Pen Editing Kill These 24 Words
Throw Up Your Emotions on A Workbook Planner of 21 Challenges to Help You Learn to Write About Emotions in Your Memoir in 21 days
What do you think makes a good memoir?
Great stories are character-driven. So, naturally a memoir has great potential because we are all unique human beings with a great variety individual experiences. We are great "characters." Add to that strong motivation and conflict, especially emotionally.
And she has done so honestly, openly, and with no holds barred. Just as she encourages you to do.
Sharing your personal thoughts with yourself in a written format can lead to unbridled self-exploration and self-knowledge.
Carolyn V. Hamilton's goal has been to provide you with lots of often odd and unusual things to think about when you sit down to write your memoir or to write in your daily journal.
Your emotional reactions to Carolyn's personal stories may give you some new insight into yourself, and how you prefer to tell your stories. Her memoir students and clients often tell her that it's not easy, or not always preferable, to be blunt and raw.
In this book you'll find intriguing story prompt titles like, "What Mom Said", "Eavesdropping", "The Tsunami Wedding", "That Foul Smell", "Close Encounters of the Police Kind", and "Stung, Bitten, Ravaged."
If you are writing a memoir, these prompts can give you some ideas for something to write when you are "stuck." And that piece may well find its way into the big picture of your story.
From the author of The 5 Important Parts of a Successful Memoir & Why You Need Them and Power Editing For Memoir Writers, this comprehensive book will spark your inspiration and immediately unleash your creativity.
It may also help you to deep-dive into yourself and discover daring and daunting epiphanies.
"It's possible simply to go through life noticing things and writing them down and that this is OK, it's worth doing... the seemingly insignificant things that most of us spend our days noticing are really significant, have meaning, and tell us something." - Joan Didion
Buy your copy of 99 Writing Prompts For Memoir and Journal Writers Who are Stuck now!
INTERVIEW WITH THE
How did you come to write this book for memoir and journal writers?
We need to talk about the writing process. We learn by doing, doing the homework to prepare yourself. Not just learning grammar and punctuation, but reading books about the memoir genre and, reading other memoirs. I want 99 Writing Prompts to be a trigger for bigger things in a writer's life.
What other books have you written for memoir writers?
Right now I have 4 other books specifically to help memoir writers get organized and tell their
Power Editing For Memoir Writers
The 5 Important Parts of a Successful Memoir & Why You Need Them
The Big Red Power Pen Editing Kill These 24 Words
Throw Up Your Emotions on A Workbook Planner of 21 Challenges to Help You Learn to Write About Emotions in Your Memoir in 21 days
What do you think makes a good memoir?
Great stories are character-driven. So, naturally a memoir has great potential because we are all unique human beings with a great variety individual experiences. We are great "characters." Add to that strong motivation and conflict, especially emotionally.
235 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 10, 2022
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About the author
Carolyn V. Hamilton
26 books22 followersCarolyn V. Hamilton is a multi-genre author, free-lance journalist, workshop leader and Success Coach for Memoir Writers. Professionally trained as an illustrator and graphic designer, she spent over 3 decades working as a marketing executive and copywriter in the real world of “Mad Men.”
In 2009 she founded www.adventuress-travel-magazine.com, the digital magazine “for women over 50 doing fun things”, focusing on essay stories from women about their personal travel adventures.
Carolyn V. Hamilton is a graduate of Antioch University Seattle and her other adventures have included two years’ service as a U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer and a stint (in her “younger days”) as a Playboy Bunny.
When she is not traveling, she resides in Cuenca, Ecuador.
Visit her writers' website at www.carolynvhamilton.com and her publisher's website at www.swifthousepress.com!
In 2009 she founded www.adventuress-travel-magazine.com, the digital magazine “for women over 50 doing fun things”, focusing on essay stories from women about their personal travel adventures.
Carolyn V. Hamilton is a graduate of Antioch University Seattle and her other adventures have included two years’ service as a U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer and a stint (in her “younger days”) as a Playboy Bunny.
When she is not traveling, she resides in Cuenca, Ecuador.
Visit her writers' website at www.carolynvhamilton.com and her publisher's website at www.swifthousepress.com!
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