by Linden Gross | Oct 1, 2020 | Writing, Writing Coach Services, Writing Life
Memoirs usually aren’t the easiest to write. Let’s face it. Most people don’t decide to write a memoir based on happy, serene experiences. The personal memories that move people to dive into this kind of nonfiction narrative writing are usually...
by Linden Gross | May 17, 2013 | Marketing, Writing
A lot of my writing coach clients want to write a bestseller. Who doesn’t? When I ghostwrote The Legacy of Luna, a memoir about Julia “Butterfly” Hill’s two-plus year tree-sit in an ancient redwood to keep it from being chopped down, I had no...
by Linden Gross | Oct 6, 2012 | Writing Life
You’ve heard about the cobbler who has no shoes? Well the same often goes for writers and writing coaches. We get so busy helping others that we lose the time, energy or inclination to do our own writing. Sometimes, however, seemingly out of nowhere, the urge snakes...
by Linden Gross | Jul 27, 2012 | Writing Life
Why do we write? Certainly not because it’s easy. The only people who think writing is easy haven’t written much—or at all. No, most of us write either because we have something we need to say or because we have ideas we want to explore. And for some,...
by Linden Gross | Jan 27, 2012 | Writing
Writing a memoir is not the same as writing your autobiography. This is not the all-inclusive story of your life, no matter how fascinating. A memoir has a specific theme, which is revealed to the reader through narrative prose that reads like fiction. To write a good...
