A to Z Theme 2016

For my 2016 A to Z theme I used a meme that I ran across on the blog of Bridget Straub who first saw it on the blog of Paula Acton. This meme is a natural for me to use on my memoir blog. It's an A to Z concept and it's about me. No research and nothing complicated. I'm given twenty six questions or topics to discuss that are about me.

In April I kept my posts short and uncomplicated. In the midst of it all you might learn a few things about me that you didn't previously know.

Saturday, October 15, 2011

An Introduction

            This blog concerns the topic of memoir writing.   Wrote By Rote is another in a series of niche blogs that I have set up to accompany my main blog Tossing It Out.  This blog is not intended to take the place of that blog.  Memoir writing is a topic that interests me as well as being of interest to many of you.  I hope that this blog will add something to that discussion.

             I welcome and encourage anyone who wants to be a guest on this blog to contact me and let me know what you would like to write about and I will schedule a spot for you.  For now this blog will post only on Saturdays.  I will be discussing my views on how to write good memoir as well as telling some of my own stories.

           My next post will go into more detail about the intent of this blog and some of my own background.   For now I just want to open this blog up and get it on line to let people know it's here.  I welcome any suggestions you may have.  Thanks for reading, commenting, and becoming a follower.


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14 comments:

  1. SuzeOctober 17, 2011 at 7:26 AM

    I've been giving serious thought to this kind of writing. I'm in here, too.

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  2. Arlee BirdOctober 17, 2011 at 7:43 AM

    Thanks, Suze! I'd love for you to consider doing a guest post on this or the dream blog or both!

    Lee

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  3. Kelly RobinsonOctober 17, 2011 at 8:05 AM

    I'm following. Look forward to seeing what happens here!

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  4. Bish DenhamOctober 17, 2011 at 9:05 AM

    Well a lot of my blogs are just that, snap-shots of my life.

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  5. T. Powell ColtrinOctober 17, 2011 at 7:12 PM

    Well you know my feelings on journaling. So, I think memoir writing is wonderful. I also think we should leave journals behind written in our actual handwriting.

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  6. Julie BurroughsOctober 17, 2011 at 7:31 PM

    Journaling Woman, How do you preserve the handwritten stuff? Where do you keep it all?

    Arlee, Likewise, do have any "back up" preservation (saved files, printed copies, etc.) of what you plan to blog here?

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  7. Arlee BirdOctober 17, 2011 at 8:00 PM

    Kelly -- I'm looking forward to what happens here as well.

    Bish -- On Tossing It Out I frequently had snapshots of my life. I thought it could use a separate blog.

    Teresa -- A hard copy of our journal is good. I don't know if it has to be in handwriting for those of us who don't handwrite so good. But something left behind that's not digital is good.

    J.B. -- For now I will mostly wing it and write as I go, but I do have some a hard copy of my father's autobiography which I will eventually excerpt here. At one post a week it will be slow going. At first I will mostly be exploring the topic of memoir writing from my point of view and that of any guest posters who will be joining me here. Maybe eventually I'll decide I need more posting days.

    Lee

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  8. M PaxOctober 19, 2011 at 4:51 PM

    I think the art of delving into memoir can definitely help fiction. As of yet, I have no plans for a memoir. Maybe if I get to Mars someday ... :)

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  9. Hilary Melton-ButcherOctober 20, 2011 at 4:46 AM

    Hi Lee .. great thoughts here - and I'm sure I could come up with something .. I'm never very specific - just the way I am, but I deliver.

    Cheers for now .. this will be great for an anthology - good luck with it all .. Hilary

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  10. AnonymousOctober 20, 2011 at 1:54 PM

    I'm signed on now, too! Looking forward to this, along with our other friends who have commented and joined so far!
    Ann Best, Author of In the Mirror, A Memoir of Shattered Secrets

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  11. Linda HoyeOctober 20, 2011 at 5:12 PM

    Good luck with your new blog! I look forward to visiting often.

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  12. Arlee BirdOctober 22, 2011 at 8:05 PM

    Mary -- I don't think you'd have to wait to get to Mars. I'm sure you have plenty of interesting things to tell about your life.

    Hilary - Whenever you're ready I've got space here for your memories. Let me know and if you don't then perhaps I'll be calling on you.

    Ann -- Thank you. I look forward to your expertise in providing good comments to the discussions here.

    Linda -- Thank You. I'll be looking for you.

    Lee

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  13. Hilary Melton-ButcherOctober 23, 2011 at 12:36 AM

    Hi Lee .. many thanks - I'll be pondering it as I start a few new things here which will allow me to spread my wings.

    Cheers - Hilary

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  14. writing and living by Richard P HughesNovember 8, 2011 at 4:13 PM

    I have no plans to write a memoir, but I enjoy reading them, and biographies. So I'll tag along.

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