How to become an author of your own LIFE? Alison Wearing | #TGV463

Mar 19, 2024

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Tune into #TGV463 to get clarity on the above topic. Here are the pointers from Alison’s conversation with Naveen Samala on The Guiding Voice

First rapid fire/Introduction and context setting
Her success mantra - The Top 3 things that have contributed to her success.
How does a person become ‘the author of their life’?
How can writing our story can change our relationship, not only with the past but also with the future?
Until we write our stories, our stories—or traumas—continue to write us
Traveling as a way to understand one’s story
About her book - Confessions of a Fairy's Daughter: Growing Up with a Gay Dad
WITTY ANSWERS TO THE RAPID-FIRE QUESTIONS
One piece of advice to those aspiring to become an author
TRIVIA ABOUT Three of the most iconic and influential female authors

About the guest:

Alison Wearing is a Canadian writer/performer and the facilitator of Memoir Writing Ink, an online program that helps people transform their personal stories into memoirs.

Her writing has won a National Magazine Award Gold Medal, a Western Magazine Award 1st Prize, she has been a finalist for the Journey Prize, longlisted for the RBC Taylor Prize, shortlisted for the Edna Staebler Award for Creative Nonfiction, selected as an Indigo Top 50 Pick, and her books have become national bestsellers. Numerous theatre awards include Best Dramatic Script at New York City’s United Solo, the world’s largest festival of solo theatre.

Guest LI profile link:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/alison-wearing-59435324/

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