http://telhajj.com/2009/02/25/scenes-that-linger-long-after-you-finish-the-book/ (PAST IMPERFECT) Tue, 17 Jan 2012 06:05:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://telhajj.com/2009/02/25/scenes-that-linger-long-after-you-finish-the-book/#comment-1355 Mon, 23 May 2011 04:06:35 +0000 http://telhajj.com/?p=958#comment-1355 [...] his greatness, but that doesn’t stop us. Writing — like all forms of communicating — is a universal urge. We write because we must, even if it [...]

]]> http://telhajj.com/2009/02/25/scenes-that-linger-long-after-you-finish-the-book/#comment-429 Thu, 26 Feb 2009 18:56:47 +0000 http://telhajj.com/?p=958#comment-429 Sekecting scenes that make the most emotional impact. Good advice as I continue work on my memoir-in-progress. A friend sent me a link to an old piece in Writer’s Chronicle this morning about memoirs that is amazing. You probably saw it back in the day, but in case you didn’t, check out Mark Dotys article, here: http://www.awpwriter.org/magazine/writers/mdoty01.htm. Great site, Tim.

]]> http://telhajj.com/2009/02/25/scenes-that-linger-long-after-you-finish-the-book/#comment-428 Thu, 26 Feb 2009 17:55:45 +0000 http://telhajj.com/?p=958#comment-428 Thanks, Deanna! This was one of my favorite memoirs from the year before last (2007), but even then it had been out for quite some time. I read it just as President Obama’s star began rising.

]]> http://telhajj.com/2009/02/25/scenes-that-linger-long-after-you-finish-the-book/#comment-427 Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:23:35 +0000 http://telhajj.com/?p=958#comment-427 Hey, nice post. I need to read Mr. Obama’s memoir. Did you find it before he was running for President?

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