Telling Your Story with Joyce Maynard

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“No matter what level writer you are, Joyce Maynard can make you better. She knows how to distill a story to its essence and help you shape it into a compelling experience for the reader.” For twenty-five years, New York Times best-selling author Joyce Maynard has been leading workshops in the art and craft of memoir all over the U.S. and beyond. In light of the challenging times, Joyce has recorded, from her home by Lake Atitlan, a series of intimate conversations that will help you locate and tell YOUR story, identify your themes, and address the relationships between memoir and history.

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  • Choose love
    Calming + inspiring!
    Such a calming voice. A joy to listen to. Very practical. A treat. Thank you!!
  • ash_write_here
    This is gold!
    I can’t believe this podcast exists. It’s literally exactly what I was hoping to find when I searched “writing memoir” in the podcast search bar. Insightful, relaxing, and inspiring. Thank you for sharing this wisdom with the world!
  • lisalise1
    Wonderful words of wisdom
    This podcast has given me a lot of hope and peace as a new writer. It’s many of the things I already knew but needed to hear again. And Joyce does an amazing job of saying her words of truth with heart. Thank you for helping to guide a going author like myself!
  • *CanBeU*
    Insightful and succinct
    This podcast is a gem full of insights. It’s like taking a course on memoir writing but it’s free! Take advantage of this storehouse of knowledge and listen to every episode twice. She is a wonderful calming speaker w/ clear & succinct explanations and examples💜
  • Alyne Tamir
    Happy I found this
    I like how short and to the point these are. I never leave reviews but saw how few there were and thinks this deserves more. Answers all the big questions we ask as new memoir writers.
  • hodgesd
    Great podcast
    Joyce. Really happy I found your podcast. Great info. Yup. Fathers knows best, Donna Reed, leave it to beaver. Toxic. Destroyed a true sense of reality in my opinion. Guess that’s a story too. In fact, after reading your memoir years ago, I was so inspired that I sat for 8 hours straight writing parts of mine. Thank u. Ps. I did meet up with u once for a writing group in NYC. Loved it.
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