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Dialogue

January 31, 2023April 3, 2023 Writing Class Notes, Writing Resources Leave a comment adverbscreative writingDialoguefirst draftsmemoir writingResources for writersStephen King

Creative and Memoir Writing

Your job in that first draft is to think through who did what to whom, where and why, and then who got in the way. That may sound like a mystery or thriller, or sci-fi. But those words get you to the heart of every single story.

March 19, 2021March 19, 2021 Uncategorized, Writing Class Notes, Writing Resources Leave a comment Character arcDialoguememoir

Creative and Memoir Writing March 17, 2021

When you are writing memoirs, your job is to recreate dialogue, not create it. Sometimes, that means you cannot remember exactly what you said. In that situation, you can recreate it, getting as close as you can to what actually was said and what and how your character would have said it.

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