My memoir began with questions about my family—Who are we? What happened to us? Why are we the way we are? But what I really meant was, Who am I? Why am I this way? And actually, what I really,…
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36 Questions for Self-Interrogation: Or, How to Turn Ancestral Research into Personal Narrative by Katie Lee Ellison
Posted Fri, 9/24/2021 - 11:04am by Guest Contributor | Category: Hugo Classes, Memoir, Micro Lesson, Writing, Writing Advice
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Teacher Feature: Kimberly Dark
Posted Tue, 8/17/2021 - 12:09pm by Megan Gallagher | Category: Hugo Classes, Interviews, Memoir, Writing, Writing Advice
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Hugo House teacher Kimberly Dark is the author of four books, including Fat, Pretty, and Soon to Be Old; The Daddies; and Love and Errors. Her most recent book, Damaged Like Me, which explores how we can create more equitable…
How to Begin Your Hybrid Memoir by Sarah Cannon
Posted Fri, 4/10/2020 - 12:37pm by Guest Contributor | Category: Hugo Classes, Memoir, Writing, Writing Advice
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The hybrid memoir has the potential to be far more than a straight-up personal story. The appeal is the creativity of blending various elements and the result is a fresh take that can resonate in larger ways than a traditional…
How Writing My Story Helped Me Heal by Ingrid Ricks
Posted Tue, 5/28/2019 - 9:56am by Guest Contributor | Category: Creative Nonfiction, Hugo Classes, Memoir, Writing, Writing Advice
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It was my own struggle with the pain from my childhood—followed by my ultimate decision to write my story—that made me understand the life-changing power of personal narrative. I’d tried to write Hippie Boy for more than a decade. But…
Seven Keys to Unlocking Your Story by Jennifer Haupt
Posted Tue, 4/23/2019 - 10:05am by Guest Contributor | Category: Fiction, Hugo Classes, Memoir, Writing, Writing Advice
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Whether you’re just dipping a toe into the waters of your story (fiction or memoir) or you’re stuck rowing around in circles, there are seven basic steps for integrating character development, plot, and structure that will enable you to navigate…
On Telling Life Stories by Susan Meyers
Posted Fri, 4/19/2019 - 10:08am by Guest Contributor | Category: Creative Nonfiction, Hugo Classes, Memoir, Writing, Writing Advice
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“To write one’s life is to live it twice.” So says my first memoir teacher, Patricia Hampl. Certainly, writing about your life has all kinds of benefits, from better understanding the past to capturing the essence of your memories in…
Micro Lesson: Let’s Make a Lexicon! by Samantha Updegrave
Posted Tue, 4/16/2019 - 10:15am by Guest Contributor | Category: Creative Nonfiction, Fiction, Hugo Classes, Memoir, Micro Lesson, Poetry, Writing, Writing Advice
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What is a lexicon? A wordbook. The vocabulary proper to some department of knowledge or sphere of activity. The vocabulary or word-stock of a region, particular speaker, etc. A list of words or names. Why have a lexicon? “The writers…
Micro Lesson: Writing a Human by Beth Slattery
Posted Mon, 4/15/2019 - 9:56am by Guest Contributor | Category: Creative Nonfiction, Fiction, Hugo Classes, Memoir, Poetry, Writing, Writing Advice
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Writing character—whether a fabricated one in fiction, a remembered one in memoir, or an imagined historical figure in a poem—can be daunting. Often, we focus too much on how the character looks. We write them as if we were…
Finishing Your Book: A Q&A with Writer and Mentor Peter Mountford
Posted Wed, 8/29/2018 - 12:50pm by Molly Woolbright | Category: Fiction, Hugo Classes, Memoir, Writing
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This fall, we’re introducing a new advanced program for writers: a place of experimentation and accountability that we’re calling the Book Lab. Designed to help writers reach the final draft of their book, Book Lab is for anyone with a…