Pre-Prewriting Tips

Many times on this channel we've talked about the importance of the often-underestimated development or "prewriting" step, which includes brainstorming and outlining the structure and key focus points of your narrative. However, that process can be difficult to dive into when you're not ready.

How do you know you're ready?

This week, we're reviewing four questions to ask yourself and tips for that stage even before prewriting begins.

Part of the process of becoming a writer is learning how to read like a writer--to see the bones of structure and past the words to what choices the author is making and why they are (or aren't) working in the interest of the story. That's why Page and Podium is excited to announce our upcoming new Memoir Method Book Club, where each month we will be reading and examining a memoir with a writer's eye to learn more about what we can apply (or avoid) in our own work.

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Timestamps:

0:00-Intro

4:11- Find your ONE story

9:56- Secure your mental health support

11:14- Find the "end" of your story

19:37- Honestly reflect on whether you can present the events fairly

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