Before I post my #MemoirFest Prompts for each day, I like to go to Goodreads to see what other writers have said about that prompt, and normally, I find beautifully crafted and inspirational words. But when I looked at the quotes about school, I was a bit surprised, as I was reminded that School was…
Month: October 2021
#MemoirFest Day 4: Write about a Primary Caregiver – Write about What You Know
The prompts for both days 1 and 2 had to do with the writing about a specific House that you have known well. There are a few golden nougats in those prompts: Write about a House — something that is concrete and not abstract. Write Specifically Write about What You Know I’ll repeat Tips 2…
#MemoirFest Day 3 – Write about a Place Outdoors – Write about Nature
You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves. Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine. Meanwhile the world goes on. Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles…
#MemoirFest Day 2: Write about the Setting for a Specific House – Read about the Settings for One Picture Book & Two Novels
Today, we are going to begin to dig a little deeper into that specific house that you wrote about on Day 1. We are going to begin describing that house’s setting. “Places are never just places in a piece of writing. If they are, the author has failed. Setting is not inert. It is activated…
#MemoirFest Day 1: Write about a House That Is Significant In Some Way
#MemoirFest Day 1 Prompt: Write about a House For now, don’t overanalyze this prompt, but just think about one specific house from your past–or even your current house–and free-write about it. The house could be your childhood home or your grandmother’s house or your Great Aunt Ada’s house. Just think about a house that you…