Tag: self-edit

• Writing a memoir? Here’s a quick edit you likely need to make.

  Most of life is procedural: I got up, made coffee, hopped on a Zoom call with Suzanne… You don’t need it. Connect with the elements of your life that will impact your reader. For example, I’m working on a travel memoir about pilgrimage in Japan. The writer is covering two multi-week trips to Japan, as…

  Amanda Lewis

  November 23, 2022

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  memoir, self-edit, travel, writing

• In praise of the author’s note

  In 2008, David Carr published a memoir, The Night of the Gun. Carr, who died in 2015, had been a longtime reporter, first for the Twin Cities Reader in his hometown of Minneapolis and later for the New York Times.  Most memoirists rely on their memory. Some draw on diaries and photos. Some do secondary research, like…

  Amanda Lewis

  July 10, 2022

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  author's note, creative non-fiction, david carr, editing, how to write, memoir, non-fiction, publishing, self-edit, writing, writing tip