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Writing Your Story

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Languages

English
Effort

5 hours 20 minutes
Sessions

Self-Paced
Level

Beginner

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Join acclaimed memoirist Joyce Maynard and discover how to write personal true stories that your readers will never forget.

Syllabus

01: What Happens When We Keep Secrets?
02: Name Your Obsessions
03: Stick to Your Story
04: Identify Your Journey
05: Take Your Story Apart
06: The Landing Place
07: The Honesty Question
08: What's the Worst That Can Happen?
09: Descriptive versus Interpretive Language
10: Diagramming the Sentence
11: The Importance of Economy
12: Dialogue and Rhythm
13: Six Common Mistakes Writers Make
14: The Paragraph
15: Building the Arc
16: The Test of a Good Memoir
17: The Container
18: Two Containers from Scratch
19: Developing Your Container
20: Dissecting a Good Container Essay
21: The Writing Life
22: Creating a Writing Practice
23: What Gets in Your Way?
24: The Not-Writing Process
25: Criticism and Rejection
26: What Happens When We Tell Our Truth?

Taught by

Joyce Maynard

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