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Write for You, Publish for your Audience

There’s a lot of confusing advice for new writers floating around out there, and lately we’ve noticed that the advice centered around how writers should consider their audience can seem downright contradictory. In fact, if you google “Should you write

Memoir Mistakes that can Derail your Book

Writing any kind book can be a daunting task, but writing a memoir comes with its own set of specific hurdles that fiction, self-help, and academic writers don’t necessarily have face. In helping our coaching clients and Memoir Method group,

How Professionals Beat Writer’s Block

We’re breaking into spooky October (my favorite time of year) with tackling one of writer’s scariest foes: writer’s block. Many authors struggle with this, but like many shadowy monsters, the idea of the beast is worse than the actual creature.

How to Decide Where Your Memoir Ends

One of the common questions we get from our coaching clients and Memoir Method group is how to decide where your memoir ends. After all, in many ways, you’re still living the story. You’re not done learning yet, you have

5 Common Memoir Mistakes

When starting any long project, we all dread thoughts of mistakes we might make. It is even enough to keep us from starting something for fear it might go wrong. No creative process is ever going to be perfect and

How to Turn Your Journal into a Memoir

At Page & Podium, we love a good journal. Of course, there’s something lovely about the feel of a journal itself–whether you like dotted pages or lined, lay-flat or spiral, gel roller ink or felt-tip. Even if you’re a digital

Healing from Trauma and Writing

This week’s topic is a deeply personal and vulnerable one, as we explore into the complex journey of healing from trauma and how to know when you’re ready to write your story. If you’ve been following our content, you know

Rediscovering the Fun in Writing

Writing should be enjoyable and a reflection of your creativity. Sometimes we can all find ourselves having lost the spark and then we are trapped in a cycle of procrastination, guilt, and self-doubt. It seems easier to give up than

How to Get Back to Writing after the Summer Slump

Y’all, it’s summertime. Summer time means long, lazy days by the pool, baseball games, and those warm, romantic summer nights. With all that dazzling life out there in the sunshine, it also might mean that your writing project has completely

How to Get Effective Writing Feedback

Good feedback should leave you feeling energized and excited to make changes that’s going to make your writing so much stronger. It should also honor the place in the progress your work is. Your work might need a complete re-haul