Telling Your Story with Joyce Maynard
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Episodes
The Three Amigos - An Excerpt from Count The Ways
17 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today's episode is a special one! An excerpt from Count The Ways, Joyce's latest (tenth) novel. If you liked this story and want more, pick up y...
The Writing Practice
26 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today's episode answers a very popular question - one concerning the creative process - how do we bring our best selves to the table, and keep showing...
Establishing a Point of View
16 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
First person? Third person? Through whose eyes are we experiencing the story as it unfolds? This is an area where so many of us can - and often ...
Structure in Story-telling: The Road-Trip
01 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we talk about structure in story-telling. What is your story about? When you sit down to write, did you consider what you'll be wri...
*Live* with Joyce at Lake Atitlan: On Dead Language
21 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today, Joyce invites you to join her, as she gives a craft talk on the language we use to lay out our stories. Language and our use of it, form the bu...
How do we go from the Big Themes to the Smaller Stories?
27 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How do we pack so many big experiences (that often spiral into so many different directions) into a personal essay? By using a concept Joyce cal...
Exploring the Concept of the Container - with Betsy
13 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Previously, we talked about the big concept of the small container, and today, Joyce is joined by former student Betsy, to continue to tackle bi...
The Container Story
09 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The impulse that so many writers have when approaching memoir, is to tell everything... but we don't have to tell everything all at once. Joyce ...
The Point of Entry
02 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Every single sentence that we write is important, and deserves care, but there's one part of our writing that deserves even more care, and that's what...
Moral Dilemma in Personal Narratives and Memoir: Is it our job to make the readers feel comfortable with our stories?
23 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today, Joyce continues her conversation with Anne about one of the most important challenges for writers of personal narratives or memoir - whether or...
The Stakes of Being An Honest Writer
16 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A question that probably comes up more than any other, is how do we tell uncomfortable truths that hurt the people we love or those we feel an obligat...
How to Write an Honest Story Without Hurting Others
10 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we address a subject so fundamentally important, that we will explore in 3 segments. It is a question that sooner or later, will face every aut...
Identifying Your Obsessions
01 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we discuss the central questions of which story to tell, and then, where to begin? What is the story that most calls out to you to be told? The...
Why Write?
22 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Is it self-indulgent to write? What do I have to contribute? Today, we talk about why anybody should tell his or her story, why it matters, and ...
An Introduction to Writing Memoir
11 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
For twenty-five years, New York Times best-selling author Joyce Maynard has been leading workshops in the art and craft of memoir all over the U.S. an...