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« on: February 22, 2008, 02:28:11 PM » |
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Newbie here, but looking for direction. I'm working on a non-fiction that was suggested I take in the direction of a memoir. I'm not even sure there's an audience for it out there, it's just something it seems I need to write. Anyone around that has written this type of format? Or is just so bored they'll sit and talk to me, anyway?  |
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Cole Gibsen
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« Reply #1 on: February 22, 2008, 03:38:15 PM » |
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Welcome, Estelle. I, too, write fiction, but wanted to extend a QT hello as well as another karma point.
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« Reply #2 on: February 22, 2008, 03:42:43 PM » |
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Hi there. I dunno what I write - we'll find out March 31. (oh, don't ask). Hope you enjoy this place - it really makes my day, quite often.
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estelle
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« Reply #3 on: February 22, 2008, 03:57:10 PM » |
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Thanks all of you for the welcome. To tell you the truth, my response to the memoir suggestion was that my real honest to God life growing up in rural Florida would probably never be believed as a memoir, it would hit the fiction stack in record time. And maybe that's the direction I should go, I don't know. What I have written so far is totally true, but honestly reads more like a historical fiction than a true memoir. But then, cuz writes fiction that interlaces with that same rural background, and it's beautiful in both of her published novels, and the third that's just been finished. Is it best just to keep writing and writing and see what it is when it's finished?  |
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« Reply #4 on: February 22, 2008, 04:11:38 PM » |
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River said the same thing, Lannie, thanks. One of the hardest parts for me in the writing is not to go back when I've finished (or think I've finished) a chapter and immediately begin editing it for grammar and punctuation. I don't think writers are supposed to feel that way.  |
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« Reply #5 on: February 22, 2008, 04:41:48 PM » |
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I agree, Lannie, in fact in my case, fiddling with it after writing just causes me to second guess the accuracy of my own memory - since that's really all I'm doing - remembering. Which creates the possibility in my mind of just saying what the heck, and letting it become a fact-based fiction. My best method yet to stop the editing is to not allow myself to look at the computer screen as I write, but to look away into the scene that I'm remembering - and hope my keyboard skills are not so bad as to cause a blowout in the spell check system. It's still a struggle at session's end, though, not to attack at full force and edit.  I'm glad to know I'm not the only one with this compulsion, I was doubting my own abilities as a writer because of it. See, I've taken away some confidence from the forum already, and kudos to you for that.  |
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« Reply #6 on: February 22, 2008, 05:59:12 PM » |
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 hi estelle! fiction here too, sorry. But Lannie...how is it you get to give so many newbies their first karma??? Abi
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« Reply #7 on: February 22, 2008, 06:18:50 PM » |
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But Lannie...how is it you get to give so many newbies their first karma??? Gosh knows. But it's a nice thing, and I enjoy doing it. Karma for you, too, although you're anything but a newbie! ;) Golly Gee your sweet Lannie! k4u2, Abi |
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« Reply #8 on: February 22, 2008, 07:25:52 PM » |
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[/quote] k4u2, Abi [/quote] Ha! I bet this catches on  |
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May the road rise up to meet you. May the wind always be at your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face,and rains fall soft upon your fields. And until we meet again, may no spiders fall on your head. website: www.colegibsen.comblog: www.colegibsen.blogspot.com |
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« Reply #9 on: February 23, 2008, 12:46:13 PM » |
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k4u2, Abi [/quote] Ha! I bet this catches on [/quote] |
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« Reply #10 on: February 23, 2008, 12:48:45 PM » |
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now i'm confused...
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« Reply #11 on: February 23, 2008, 12:51:48 PM » |
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oops...my post didn't turn out for some odd reason. i meant to say in response to senshi: of course it'll catch on. watch: k4u2 abi for starting the phrase! there. no more confusion.... |
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« Reply #12 on: February 28, 2008, 07:47:50 PM » |
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Hola Estelle, Since I'm new here myself and never even considered there was a posting for non-fiction, I just found this section. If the stuff sells, someone must be writing it, no? Oh well, that's what I do. I've been working on and rewriting a travel memoir for a number of years. 'Course I read that there are more people writing these puppies than reading them. Anyway, we might have something in common to chat about. It's hard to believe my writing as well. Saludos, Maria
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