Dinty Moore
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Put the Person on the Page with a Collage Essay
Try this. Consider that subject about which you have had trouble writing. A difficult experience, a problematic person in your life, an emotionally challenging circumstance. That subject that you want to write about, but when you try, the writing turns out dull, awkward, or lifeless. Yes, you know the subject. Rather than trying to write Continue reading
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Why Sometimes It Takes a Hermit Crab to Get the Person on the Page
Voice is that hard-to-define, easy-to-recognize element that contributes to creative nonfiction’s wide-ranging appeal with readers. Memoirists and personal essay writers in particular are tasked with providing readers with the sense that the written words convey a genuine personality—that a real person speaks the message. They have to get the person on the page. When we Continue reading
Do you write about yourself and your experiences? Do you write about traumatic events in your life? Or, do you struggle to find time and motivation to write?
If so, this blog is for you.
Person on the Page 