Better Than Writing Prompts – The Memoir Network | RSS https://thememoirnetwork.com Helping You Launch be well crafted, meaningful memoir Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:30:18 -0400 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 48013482 Use This Instead of Writing Prompts https://thememoirnetwork.com/instead-of-writing-prompts/ https://thememoirnetwork.com/instead-of-writing-prompts/#respond Thu, 23 Apr 2020 10:00:00 +0000 https://thememoirnetwork.com/?p=24122

In this video, Use This Instead of Writing Prompts, we discuss what to use instead of writing prompts. Writing should matter. (more…)]]> https://thememoirnetwork.com/instead-of-writing-prompts/feed/ 0 24122 Instead of A Writing Prompt – Five Tips for Creating a Memory List https://thememoirnetwork.com/instead-of-a-writing-prompt/ https://thememoirnetwork.com/instead-of-a-writing-prompt/#comments Tue, 23 Apr 2019 10:00:19 +0000 https://thememoirnetwork.com/?p=5235

People who are writing a memoir will sometimes say, “I want to write my stories but I have forgotten so many details. Is there any way I can get them back? Should I use writing prompts?” There is one tool above all others that makes the experience of life writing successful. That tool is not […]]]> https://thememoirnetwork.com/instead-of-a-writing-prompt/feed/ 8 5235 Use This Instead of a Writing Prompt https://thememoirnetwork.com/use-this-instead-of-a-writing-prompt/ https://thememoirnetwork.com/use-this-instead-of-a-writing-prompt/#respond Thu, 18 Apr 2019 10:00:46 +0000 https://thememoirnetwork.com/?p=21217

A writing prompt in my estimation leads to nothing. I’m not a great fan of a writing prompt. Sure, they get you to writing something. And many people will insist writing something is better than writing nothing. Well, I’m not so sure of that. (more…)]]> https://thememoirnetwork.com/use-this-instead-of-a-writing-prompt/feed/ 0 21217 Cell phones: A fine way to avoid intimacy https://thememoirnetwork.com/cell-phones-a-fine-way-to-avoid-intimacy/ https://thememoirnetwork.com/cell-phones-a-fine-way-to-avoid-intimacy/#respond Wed, 28 Oct 2015 10:41:37 +0000 https://thememoirnetwork.com/?p=14862

This post is part of the “Beyond Writing Prompts” series to help you to access memories that may not have made it to your Memory List. Walking through the nearby Bates College campus recently, I walked towards five young women who were heading in the direction of the college dining hall. I could imagine them […]]]> https://thememoirnetwork.com/cell-phones-a-fine-way-to-avoid-intimacy/feed/ 0 14862