Memoir Writing: Write a Personal Story for a Universal Audience
Conquering Fear and Guilt
A course by Courtney Maum , Author and Book Coach
About the video: Conquering Fear and Guilt
Overview
“Here I will provide three essential steps you should consider before starting to write.”
In this video lesson Courtney Maum addresses the topic: Conquering Fear and Guilt, which is part of the Domestika online course: Memoir Writing: Write a Personal Story for a Universal Audience. Learn how to write a compelling personal narrative by exploring different literary devices and story structures.
Partial transcription of the video
“Conquering Fear and Guilt Now that you know more about me, in this lesson we'll learn how to conquer fear and guilt, an essential challenge for anyone trying to write non-fiction. Before I even get to a place where I can work on a three-act structure with a double timeline for any kind of non-fiction project, I'm usually starting out with something big: fear. When we're writing our personal stories, that usually means that we are writing about real people, real places, and things that we remember happening a specific way. How do we write these stories while also carrying that guilt and fear...”
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Course summary for: Memoir Writing: Write a Personal Story for a Universal Audience
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Creative Writing, Narrative, Non-Fiction Writing, Writing
Courtney Maum
A course by Courtney Maum
American author and book coach Courtney Maum has used stories to make sense of the world since she was a child. She studied comparative literature and French translation at university before going on to work in advertising agencies as a copywriter and corporate namer. She has used her love of storytelling to create compelling backstories for everything from nail polish to electric cars.
Courtney is fascinated with the creative process and has written and published several books with some of the biggest publishing houses and editors in America, including Penguin Random House and The New York Times. She also founded a collaborative retreat for creative professionals and has a regular newsletter, Get Published, Stay Published, in which she shares her tips for staying motivated during the writing process.
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