When the COVID lockdown began, I decided to put all my Lettie Cowman biography into a timeline. It was 120 pages long—because I included all the quotes.
As the lockdown continued, I took that timeline and wrote the entire biography in 4 weeks.
With memoir, writing a timeline can help the author identify themes—resulting in a better book.
Love this! It's such a powerful tool. writers often want to just jump in and write their book, but using a timeline as a first step, as you so clearly demonstrate, makes the writing much easier.
When the COVID lockdown began, I decided to put all my Lettie Cowman biography into a timeline. It was 120 pages long—because I included all the quotes.
As the lockdown continued, I took that timeline and wrote the entire biography in 4 weeks.
With memoir, writing a timeline can help the author identify themes—resulting in a better book.
Love this! It's such a powerful tool. writers often want to just jump in and write their book, but using a timeline as a first step, as you so clearly demonstrate, makes the writing much easier.