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Denis Ledoux — Thu, 07 Mar 2024 13:24:27 +0000

“Free” can take you only so far. For more resources to take you deeper into memoir writing, explore these resources. (more…)

Your writing is your work–Schedule first your time for writing

Denis Ledoux — Tue, 16 Jan 2024 12:00:02 +0000

To make time for writing, you have to be serious about the principle that your writing is your work. You must act on it and take it as seriously as your paying job. (more…)

Setting Writing Goals That Work For You: Better Time Management

Denis Ledoux — Thu, 11 Jan 2024 12:00:00 +0000

I have a goal for this post. I want to help you to develop and articulate your writing goals for the next three months—that is, 90 days. You can start your three months today, at the beginning of the next week or at the first day of the next month, but don’t put off setting […]

Regular Writing for Great Results

Denis Ledoux — Tue, 09 Jan 2024 11:00:00 +0000

Success is built on daily habits. Write regularly every day for a year or two and before you know it you have a book. (more…)

Use Time Wisely to Write Your Memoir

Denis Ledoux — Tue, 02 Jan 2024 13:05:35 +0000

Use time wisely to write your memoir. Writing is important and you have less time than you think you do. (more…)

Commit to finishing your memoir

Denis Ledoux — Thu, 23 Mar 2023 17:19:27 +0000

Today, I am offering you a dynamite coaching session. If you read through this post and check the links, you will have an experience that will set you up for success—when you commit to finishing your memoir.Ahead of you is a week available to make progress on your memoir. By next week at this time, […]

Memoir is Long Form Writing.

Denis Ledoux — Fri, 09 Dec 2022 12:05:00 +0000

One challenge many first-time and only-time writers of memoir face is understanding that long-form and short-form writing are not the same. That is, long form is not just longer short form. Long form has its requirements. Let me explain how memoir is long form Many of the writers who come to me for coaching and […]

Writing Time Wasters

Denis Ledoux — Thu, 26 Aug 2021 09:55:00 +0000

I’m no more immune than anyone else to the plague of time wasters. Time wasters are habits we fall into that consume the time we have allotted (or could allot) to writing so that we end up not writing! Here are some of the most insidious that take up too much time and squander my […]

Distance Learning: A Precious Opportunity

Denis Ledoux — Wed, 29 May 2019 10:00:36 +0000

For most emerging writers, enrolling in an adult-learning program is an exciting experience. At long last, for a period of time that is long enough to make a difference, you have the opportunity to immerse yourself in learning the “best practices” of the writing craft that you has been so wanting to learn for a […]

Scope: What’s Right for You?

Denis Ledoux — Thu, 09 May 2019 10:00:05 +0000

In this video, Scope: What’s Right for You?, I ask how much time and energy are you willing to give to writing your memoir? (more…)