Don't Let Writer's Block Stop You / Push Beyond Stuck

By Denis Ledoux

Is a "writer's block" a sign of poor discipline!

You bet it is!

For some, a block will doom them to a tedious halt. It may even bring a deadly blow to the manuscript, but for others, writer's block is a temporary inconvenience. They push through, producing a manuscript that is possibly better than before.

Don't Let Writer's Block Stop You will reveal how the two sorts of writers differ, and you will learn to be a writer who springs back—applying best practices that every writer can learn to use.

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN IN THIS BOOK
~ how to respect writing discipline.
~ why it is dangerous to talk a lot about your writing in progress
~ how to counter some deadly mental traps
~ when to make use of "tricks of the trade" to understand and work through non-writing periods more easily
~ how to make a writing "block" work for you—really!

These and more best writing practices will get you going again.

Whether you are writing a memoir, creative non-fiction, or fiction, this book—as are the others in the Memoir Network Writing Writing Book Series—is solid.

WHAT READERS HAVE SAID:

~ Wow! What great insights and step-by-step action lists. This book is going to stay in my resource library forever! —Dhyan Atkinson
~ Excellent book analysing the many excuses we have for NOT writing. Ledoux provides a number of remedies for procrastination. Recommended.—Victor Scourge
~ ...a quick, easy read... full of useful advice on how to start writing again. —Viga Boland
~ Denis Ledoux is the King of Memoir Writing... action steps are valuable and transferable for writing in any genre. —Mary Anne Benedetto

Scroll to the top of this page and select the "buy" button. The financial investment is small, and the writing rewards are great.

THE MEMOIR NETWORK WRITING BOOK SERIES

~ 21 Must-Do Memoir-Writing Steps / Best Practices to Write Quickly and Well. This brief overview orients you to the many do-able tasks necessary to create an interesting and meaningful memoir. Consider 21 Best Memoir-Writing Tips a checklist with explanatory paragraphs! This is a FREE series lead book.
~ Craft A Memoir / 12 Basic Steps for the First-time and (Perhaps) Only-Time Writer The newbie will find many suggestions and techniques to facilitate his/her entry into memoir writing as well as a path to completing the memoir.
~ Memory List Question Book / 100s of Not-a-Prompt Questions. Memory Lists are your magic bullet. Recall more details, dates, people, and events than you now think possible Gone the isolated or irrelevant writing produced by prompts. Questions appropriate for all skill levels.
~ Start Your Memoir Right shows you how to stop asking if you should write your memoir, find inspiration to begin, and practice techniques of the art of memoir writing. You can be successful. Appropriate for all skill levels.
~ Organize Your Memoir / Find Your Structure answers the perennial question: How do I put all my stories and my manuscript pieces together? This book is a guide. Appropriate for all skill levels.
~ Don't Let Writer's Block Stop You shows you how writer's block CAN teach you to push beyond stuck. Banish writer’s block forever. Appropriate for all skill levels.
~ Write to the End / Eight Strategies to Thrive as a Writer will help you to complete your writing projects and reach the audiences you deserve. Appropriate for all skill levels.

Our classic, Turning Memories Into Memoirs/A Handbook for Writing Lifestories, the trusted granddaddy among memoir-writing books, is an overview to create a really well crafted and meaningful story. Along with the above books, it is a best investment in your success.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Denis Ledoux
• Release date: Mar 13, 2013
• ISBN: 9781301676859

Denis Ledoux

YOU CAN LEARN TO WRITE FROM THE INSIDE OUTI believe in the power of telling our personal and family stories. These are our hero's journeys, and by telling them we honor ourselves and the people we have come from. An important early task for the writer is go inside and find the story that is worth telling. The story is not about "nice" words; it is about honest words, visceral words.LIFESTORIES FEED USStories have always played an important role in my life. I grew up in a three-generation home with paternal grandparents who lived upstairs. I heard tales of my extended family and their history recounted by the family storyteller, my grandmother Ledoux. These stories were a food for my soul. I could not get enough of them, and her gift to me was that she was a voluble, entertaining storyteller.I began writing as a short-story writer, drawing on family characters, settings, and stories for my fiction. In 1989, I won the Maine Fiction Award for Mountain Dance & Other Stories. My other titles include What Became of Them and Other Stories from Franco-America (1988), and Lives in Translation: An Anthology of Contemporary Franco-American Writings (which I edited in 1990). In 1992, I published (and it is still in print) Turning Memories Into Memoirs / A Handbook for Writing Lifestories; in 1996, The Photo Scribe / How to Tell the Stories Behind Your Photos; in 2009, The Consumer's Guide to Ghostwriting, in 2013, a memoir—We Were Not Spoiled. E-publication includes the books listed here in Smashwords as well as others.MAKING THE LEAP TO BECOMING A MEMOIR PROFESSIONALIt was a natural leap from my own family stories to helping others to record their stories in well-written accounts that apply all the techniques of fiction writing to autobiography, family reminiscence, and scrapbooking.In 1996, I was honored as Lifewriting Professional of the Year by the Association of Personal Historians.THE MEMOIR NETWORKToday, I continue to work as a writer, educator, teacher, autobiography co-author, memoir-writing coach, editor and publisher. I direct The Memoir Network, an international group of lifestory writing teachers who use my method and materials to lead the popular Turning Memories® and Photo Scribe® workshops and programs.My Memoir Network offers Memoir Professional Packages for individuals wishing to do what we call memoir work in their communities. [http://thememoirnetwork.com/memoir-professional-packages/] Please inquire if you are interested in becoming a Memoir Professional.BUILD YOUR MEMOIR-WRITING LIBRARYYou will find a number of my memoir-writing e-books on Smashwords. Begin to purchase them now so as to develop your memoir-writing library. These are the best memoir-writing books available anywhere at any price.BEYOND THE BOOKSIf you need more than these great books, give me call at 207-353-5454 for a free consultation to determine whether coaching, editing, or ghostwriting is a good fit for you. When you're ready, we can also do book production for you.Keep writing and stay in the memoir conversation.

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Don’t Let Writer’s Block Stop You

Don’t Let Writer’s Block

Stop You

Push Beyond Stuck

Denis Ledoux

Thank You Gifts

I hope you have enjoyed this book. As a thank you for placing your trust in me, I would like to gift you with any (or all) of the following gifts:

1. Start to Write Your Memoir Course. In this free, five-lesson mini-course, you will learn easy and effective techniques to start writing your memoir today.

2. Memoir Writing 101: 10 Steps To Writing a Compelling Memoir. This is an info-packed e-book that will launch you quickly into writing your story.

3. As if this is not enough, to help you stay in the memoir conversation, I am also offering you a free membership in The Memoir Network’s My Memoir Education. http://thememoirnetwork.com

A Simple Request

If this book contributes to your writing—whether to its quantity or its quality—would you please take a moment to write a short review of the book on Smashwords? It can be as short as 20 or 25 words! Honestly! Do your fellow writers a favor and tell them how much they might expect of the e-book you have just read.

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KUDOS FOR DENIS LEDOUX

I.

Denis Ledoux won the 1989 Maine Fiction Award judged by Elizabeth Hardwick and the juried 1991 and 1996 Maine Individual Writing Fellowships.

II.

Over the years, we’ve been fortunate to have people speak well about The Memoir Network, about Memoir Network products  and about Denis.

~ Time Magazine wrote of Denis in an article on memoir writing in April 1999: Since 1988, Denis Ledoux has helped thousands of people get started writing their memoir.

~ The Christian Science Monitor ran either roundups or feature articles on Denis. Three times.

~ His Turning Memories Into Memoirs was deemed by Booklist (American Library Association) as very beneficial…helps writers get off to a great start.

~ Rhonda Kanning Anderson, co-founder of the early (and for long time) premier scrapbooking company, Creative Memories, said of his Photo Scribe: "The Photo Scribe has inspired me to a new level of photo-journaling. This practical step-by-stop guide can enable anyone to discover the depth of their memories."

~ Bottomline Publications acknowledged Denis’s work (in a feature article) as a memoir ghostwriter, editor and coach.

~ The Cincinnati Post