Writing Your Resilience: Building Resilience, Embracing Trauma and Healing Through Writing How Can I Braid My Life Story With My Deceased Partner’s?
This week, you’ll hear from Meredith Master, a writer working on her memoir who is deciding on its structure. In this episode, we discuss writing a braided memoir, writing with a disability, telling the story of someone who has passed away, and how to write about the parts of someone’s life you weren’t present for.
Meredith’s Bio: Meredith Master is a blind writer living in New York City, where she shares a small space with her guide dog, Ivan and mostly unhelpful Boston Terrier, Jelly Roll. She is currently working on three book projects, including a memoir about adult onset disability and addiction as told through the stories of herself and her partner, Michael. She is also working on a collection of humorous essays and an anthology of personal stories of resilience told by writers who went blind and lived to tell about it.
Resources Mentioned During This Episode:
The Fact of a Body by Alex Marzano-Lesnevich
Acetylene Torch Songs: Writing True Stories That Ignite the Soul by Sue William Silverman
After the Eclipse by Sarah Perry
My Interview with Sue William Silverman
Episode Highlights
3:06 Braiding Two Lives Together
8:45 Deciding on the Best Form
12:00 Telling Someone Else’s Story
20:30 Meredith’s Best Writing Advice
Connect with Meredith
Email: meredithmaster@gmail.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/meredith.master/
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