by Marilyn | Sep 16, 2014 | Classes, Conscious writing, Memoir, Shifting Limiting Beliefs, Silencing, Voice, writing process
This week’s article is an audio recording interview with me by Jeanne Schlesinger on her radio program “To See with Soul.” After taking my course “Excavate Your Truth/Free Your Voice,” Jeanne found that much of the writing we did was,...
by Marilyn | Sep 3, 2014 | craft, Memoir, Voice, writing process
“I am the only one who can tell the story of my life and say what it means.” Dorothy Allison “So, what?” I can still hear my writing friend Jon Kerstetter asking that question about the first packet of writing I submitted to our first creative nonfiction...
by Marilyn | Jul 9, 2014 | Memoir, Voice, writing process
Writing, like relationships, takes time and attention to develop. Indeed, both writing and relationships demand that you show up and listen—really listen—to the person you are in relationship with. Okay, then. But who, exactly, are you in relationship with when...
by Marilyn | May 13, 2014 | Voice
Learning to trust your own voice, and even to hear it, is just as important as learning the technical skills of writing. Maybe even more important. A piece of writing can be well crafted and even eloquent and still ring hollow. Theo Pauline Nestor When I am not...
