Category Archives: writing workshop
A writing prompt from Pee-Wee Herman
In the 1985 movie “Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure,” the man-child sets out to find his beloved bike, which has been stolen. A psychic tells him the bike is hidden in the basement of the Alamo. On the way there, he meets … Continue reading
Book review: Carlos Eire’s “Waiting for Snow in Havana”
Occasionally the challenge of moving around in time comes up in my writing workshop. We write essays triggered by themes, rather than strict chronology, so naturally we end up with a crazy quilt of pieces about different times, places, and … Continue reading
Naming Names
A discussion thread popped up yesterday in a Linked-In group I joined on Women’s Memoir. A poster asked how to incorporate unpleasant information about people without causing major upset or backlash…. About the same time, a note came in from … Continue reading
True Stories Well Told 