Seventh Grade was an important year for me. I attended school in a small, rural town, and there were two school buildings there: the Elementary School and the High School. Seventh Grade was the year that my classmates and I shifted from swingsets and monkey bars to metal lockers and Physical Education in a gym…
Category: MemoirFest Prompts
#MemoirFest Day 5 – Write about School – Be Honest
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…
#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…