One Memory. One Finished Scene. · the skool CLASSIFIEDS

One Memory. One Finished Scene.

Do you have a story sitting in a kitchen drawer? A letter. A photo. A day you can still smell. You keep meaning to write it down, and then the week happens.

Come sit with me Wednesday, October 21 for From Memory to Memoir at 1:00 P.M. CST. We will take one memory and finish one scene. Not a whole book. Not a pretty draft. Just the part that has been waiting.

Here is the map I use when a child says they have nothing to write: beginning, middle, end, on slip of paper. Then we leave the map and write the part that itches - that speaks to you. One detail you can see, hear, or smell. Spelling is not the story. Correct grammar is not the story. The story is the thing that made you sit down in the first place.

If that sounds helpful, the hour is free. Wednesday, October 21, at 1:00 PM Central. Inside Joan Raymond’s room, A Heart for Writing. The Literacy Lounge is hosting me there.

Bring a memory, a notebook or the notes app, and a cup of your favorite beverage. If you only listen, that counts too. You do not need to share. A yes is enough.

A Heart for Writing: A Heart For Writing

The Literacy Lounge: The Literacy Lounge

What memory has been waiting?

5 comments

One Memory. One Finished Scene.