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WRITING LIFE: Joan Didion and Me by Jennifer Mattson

One cannot talk about writing essay, without first talking about Joan Didion.

In 1976, when she was just three weeks old, Kelly Grey Carlisle’s mother left her in a motel room.

The title of this book pretty much lays it all on the line for you — and that was exactly the author’s point.

Writing is hard. It is beautiful and liberating at times, yet self-destructive at others.

It’s commonplace to assume the best writers struggle with anxiety, depression, or trauma…

One of the more useful tips I’ve received about writing memoir is this: when the material is hot, try to write cool.

As a child, Nicole Harkin suspected her family might not be like other families.

[Gerard] quotes nonfiction writer and journalist Bronwen Dickey who warns that writers must maintain a sense of skepticism when researching.

For 10 years, I told myself I wasn’t a writer, but almost every single day, I wrote. What was holding me back? Why couldn’t I say the word?

I’m a fastidious fact checker. When writing creative nonfiction I will confirm the day of the week an event happened, what the weather was like…

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