Sometimes you just have to take a break from your writing in order to open those creative gates.

IWSG June Writing Prompt: Writers have secrets! What are one or two of yours, something readers would never know from your work?

Are you struggling with your memoir? Don’t worry, you’re not along. In my writing diary I tell you what a messy business it is.

Are you struggling with your universal theme? Yes I am too, and here’s my writing diary about how I’m working through my confusion.

Should you find a universal theme and write the scenes to support it, or write your scenes and find a universal theme to bind it?

I’ve compiled my key and supporting characters for my memoir. But still don’t know what roles they play to drive the plot.

The transition you make in your memoir, is driven by your area of expertise. What did you learn during that transition?