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Bountiful Journey
Called to the Journey (Blog)
Life-long Learning
Life Sentences
EXPLORATIONS: The Zoom Sessions
A Call from the Future
Allen Harder’s Reflections on Memoir Editing
Extending the Learning–Oct. 29
Ways of Being
What Do Copy Editors Look For?
Good Stories, Meaningful Lives
2020 Vision
The Crafty Life Writer
Restorying Our Lives
CLARITY QUESTIONS:
COHERENCE QUESTIONS:
Extending the Learning–Oct. 22
Life Questions: 32) The Impact of History
Writing Lessons
Going with the Flow
Making a Scene
Scene Writing Guidelines
Sample Scene 1
Sample Scene 2
Sample Scene 3
Showing and Telling
Incident and Phase
Arcs and Sparks
Conflict in our Story
Our Selves as Character
Sentencing without Offence
Considerations for Sentence Variety
Four Basic Sentence Structures
Reading Like a Writer:
Writing with Backbone
Betty Enns’ Memoir–Dramatic Structure
Identifying our Through-Line
The Dramatic Structure
Talking Pretty
Four Tips for Better Dialogue
Tips for Better Description
Writing Activities
Easy Entry
Life Questions
Sentences That Give Life
Letters Never Sent
My Tribute
Living with Gratitude
Travel Narrative
Moderate Challenge
Ethical Wills
Turning Points
How My Mind Has Changed
Ambitious Effort
My Spiritual Testament
My Faith Journey
My Memoir
Resources
“The Power of Hopeful Stories in a Stressful Time”
Life Stories: A Few Recommendations
Personal Writing
Introduction: Have I Told You This Before?
Quarantine Cuts, Pandemic Looks
Dairy Queen Daze
“Wings, or The Lesson of Daedalus”
It Didn’t Seem Funny at the Time
The Library Banquet—No Food on the Menu
Fed Up in Bandung
Ambitious Effort
My Spiritual Testament
My Faith Journey