It was a strange place for an English class, the small, dilapidated building near the campus center. Neglected, the building was in its last year of service before a scheduled overhaul and modernization. The rectangular structure lacked architectural imagination, two-stories with a corridor down the middle–not exactly inspiring. Certainly the size and stature of the … Continue reading
Posted in November 2014 …
Fiction lessons for memoir: “A Church Bell Tower and Potato Peels”
Fiction writing technique can easily apply to memoir. All writers seek to write the most compelling story, whether emphasizing character or action, but fiction writers have the flexibility to bend the universe to suit there needs whereas memoir writers are stuck with the (sometimes boring) truth. How can memoir writers discover more exciting ways … Continue reading