How fun to see Frances in the questionnaire! I attended a Writing the Self workshop earlier in the fall. I am not exaggerating to say it was life-altering for me. Her teaching feels light-handed, while she creates a container for writers to be vulnerable, open-hearted, and kind to each other. She is funny, and smart and introduced me to many new writers. I look forward to reading the new book. Go Frances!
I hadn't come across Frances' work before but after reading the elevator pitch for Many Seasons here I'm definitely going to seek it out. It rang a lot of bells with me.
"Writing is magical. I know that sounds super woo woo, but writing can take you to places and parts of yourself that you didn’t even know existed."
Reflecting on these words, I find myself nodding in agreement. There have been times when I find something I have written, put away, and ignored and am astonished that I wrote it. Some pieces, I do not even remember how I chose the words; it's almost as if a completely different person penned the text. It reminds me of an archeological dig of sorts. How amazing is that?
This made me think..." I don’t feel that the people who I base my characters on are my audience" and interesting that your spouse, as a non reader, doesnt read your work. Im seeing, now that my family of non readers has picked up öy memoir, how important being a reader is to even a fairly elementary understanding of a work.
How fun to see Frances in the questionnaire! I attended a Writing the Self workshop earlier in the fall. I am not exaggerating to say it was life-altering for me. Her teaching feels light-handed, while she creates a container for writers to be vulnerable, open-hearted, and kind to each other. She is funny, and smart and introduced me to many new writers. I look forward to reading the new book. Go Frances!
So good to hear.
So good to hear.
I hadn't come across Frances' work before but after reading the elevator pitch for Many Seasons here I'm definitely going to seek it out. It rang a lot of bells with me.
So glad to hear that, Sarah. I love when people get the books I feature in posts. :)
I love this:
"Writing is magical. I know that sounds super woo woo, but writing can take you to places and parts of yourself that you didn’t even know existed."
Reflecting on these words, I find myself nodding in agreement. There have been times when I find something I have written, put away, and ignored and am astonished that I wrote it. Some pieces, I do not even remember how I chose the words; it's almost as if a completely different person penned the text. It reminds me of an archeological dig of sorts. How amazing is that?
Thank you for sharing!
This made me think..." I don’t feel that the people who I base my characters on are my audience" and interesting that your spouse, as a non reader, doesnt read your work. Im seeing, now that my family of non readers has picked up öy memoir, how important being a reader is to even a fairly elementary understanding of a work.