This next passage in my series is from the contemporary British author Deborah Levy’s memoir,…
Author: Jane Messer
Author, Mentor, Manuscript Assessor - The Bold Ink
This is my second post for writers on the topic of the first person ‘I’ in creative nonfiction and memoir.
One of the challenges of writing memoir and other forms of narrative nonfiction is how much presence the ‘I’ should have as the narrator at any moment in the text.
One of my life’s aims is to swim in as many lakes, rivers, pools and…
Over my many years of teaching creative writing I’ve written a great deal for students…
As some of you know I’m writing the very last pages of my memoir-biography Raven…
I declare the ‘writer’s garret’ a myth. By which I mean that the image of…
Here’s what I’ve got planned for 2023, along with some reflections on the year that’s…
Immerse yourself in what you love to do, and want to do more of, with…
This story is one I started a few years ago during a writing week at…