Memoir Writing: Write a Personal Story for a Universal Audience
Accountability
A course by Courtney Maum , Author and Book Coach
About the video: Accountability
Overview
“Here I talk about the importance of scheduling some time of your day exclusively for writing and I'll give you some tips on how I manage to do it.”
In this video lesson Courtney Maum addresses the topic: Accountability, 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
“Accountability Now that we've learned how to put it all together, in this lesson, we're gonna look at accountability techniques and tips to keep you on track, and most importantly inspired. Accountability is a major part of the writing process. In order to write better we need to write, and in order to write we need to carve out and protect writing time. I have a few strategies for keeping yourself accountable, so that you meet your goals that I'll share with you. They're simple, but they make a big difference. The first is to use an online calendar, I use Google Calendar, to block out writ...”
This transcript is automatically generated, so it may contain mistakes.
Course summary for: Memoir Writing: Write a Personal Story for a Universal Audience
-
Category
Writing -
Areas
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.
- 99% positive reviews (475)
- 16,066 students
- 12 lessons (1h 11m)
- 11 additional resources (3 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: English
- English · Spanish · Portuguese · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch
- Level: Beginner
- Unlimited access forever
