Author: Rhonda Lauritzen

Last year, I wore the pads of my wrists raw where my hands touched the desk. My back ached, and my social life has been

How do you push through when you feel overwhelmed by a big writing project or by so much workload that you don’t know where to

This week marked an evolution for me. I am finding my own voice. I have spent the last seven years telling other people’s stories for

Lately I have been intensively noodling on a philosophical idea related to story endings. It is this: when you tell your personal story, it changes

Some great question prompts center on writing about friendship. If you are working on your autobiography, life story, or memoir, the role of friends can

(This blog post was written last year, and it felt like the right time to share it again. The manuscripts I mention in it are

One of the best days for me in any writing project is the read-aloud session. I’ve found that if you want to experience something really

What style of journal writing is best for you? What are the benefits of journaling? For starters, the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs reports that

This article explains the basics of story structure using The Sound of Music as the main example, followed by a short personal example, and ending

The Tyler family from which I descend had more involvement in the Salem witch trials than any other in New England in the number of