HeyJaredTeaching Yourself to Learn
Kids grow up, retirement approaches, loved ones pass, circumstances change, and life happens. Teaching Yourself to Learn explores transitions in life and through wisdom, experience, and hope, we will navigate this 3rd half of life.
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How To Decide What Belongs In Your Book (and What Doesn't) (opens the original)
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How do you decide which stories belong in your book—and which ones don't? When you're writing your own story, everything can start to feel important. The people. The memories. The conversations. The backstory. But your life is bigger than your book, and not every meaningful memory belongs in the story you're telling. In this episode of The Edit With Holly Totten Writing, Editing, Publishing, Holly shares practical ways to decide what stays, what goes, and what might simply belong somewhere else.
Why Should I Tell My Story? 7 Reasons Your Story Matters (opens the original)
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Why should you tell your story? Not how do you write it. Not where do you begin. But why does your story need to be told in the first place? After three different listeners asked me essentially that same question, I decided it was worth interrupting our current series on writing your story to answer it. Because before you worry about the blank page, remembering every detail, or figuring out how to put your experiences into words, you need to understand why those words might matter. And your stor
How To Find What Your Story Is Really About (opens the original)
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"I write to discover what I know." — Flannery O'Connor You may know what happened in your life—but do you know what your story is really about ? Those aren't always the same thing. A divorce may be what happened, but the story might really be about starting over. Building a business may be what happened, but the story might be about learning to trust yourself. Losing someone you love may be what happened, but the story might be about grief, faith, identity, family, or discovering how to build a
How to Start Writing Your Story When You Don't Know Where to Begin (opens the original)
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If you want to write your story but keep getting stuck on one question— Where do I start? —this episode is for you. One of the biggest misconceptions about writing a personal story, memoir, or nonfiction book is that you have to begin at the chronological beginning. Your childhood. Your family history. The first thing that happened. But the place where you begin writing your story and the place where your finished book begins don't have to be the same. In this episode of The Edit With Holly Tott
You Don't Have To Remember Everything To Write Your Story (opens the original)
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Have you ever thought about writing your story and immediately stopped yourself because you don't remember enough? Maybe you remember the big moments, but not the dates. Maybe entire years feel fuzzy. Maybe you remember what happened but can't recall the exact conversation. Or maybe you've compared memories with a sibling and discovered the two of you remember the same event very differently. Here's the good news: You don't have to remember everything to write your story. In this episode of The
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