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Stories from the Heart of Vermont
Sara Tucker
Feb 113 min
Write Like an Animal
Once upon a time in Los Angeles I was the managing editor of a magazine called Buzz. My job—one of my jobs—was to make sure the editorial...
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Sara Tucker
Nov 6, 20232 min
Grandmere’s Kitchen in Continvoir
“My grandmother Louisa, on my father's side, lived in a small house in the village of Continvoir, where I was born. My sister and I spent...
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Sara Tucker
Oct 30, 20233 min
The Revision Process: Before You Do Another Draft, Try This
Before you begin another round of revisions, ask yourself these two questions.
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Sara Tucker
Oct 29, 20232 min
Writing Prompts: Whispering Pines and Talking Shoes
If you're wondering what to write about, start with a tree. Or a car. Or a pair of blue jeans. Any object, of any size or shape, that...
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Sara Tucker
Oct 28, 20231 min
Write a Bio That You Would Never Send
Autobiography is tough. Whether 200 pages or 200 words, it's all about selection. What do you put in and what do you leave out?
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Sara Tucker
Mar 5, 20232 min
Drove Me Nuts
"I'm feeling kinda intimidated because there are so many good writers in this group." Someone in our Pix Into Words workshop said that...
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Sara Tucker
Jan 25, 20233 min
My Pine Tree
A "Pictures Into Words" writing prompt My mother wrote this piece in a 2011 Korongo workshop called “Pictures Into Words.” The idea for...
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Sara Tucker
Jan 22, 20233 min
Meet Me at the Library
I love old photographs. You, too? I've got tons. Some have labels, and some don't. Scrupulously guarded in family albums for years, they...
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Sara Tucker
Aug 29, 20214 min
Patrick’s Storyworth Project: The “Famous People” Question
Korongo co-founder Patrick Texier is testing the Storyworth.com memoir-writing platform with the help of his children and grandchildren:...
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Sara Tucker
Aug 23, 20213 min
Editing Mary Badass
"deepest river coming up. Some say waist deep. Some say can go down and find shallower place maybe. Cross tomorrow or next day. More cold...
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Sara Tucker
Aug 6, 20211 min
Growing Up
Patrick is working on a Storyworth project with his children and grandchildren—they pose the questions, he writes the answers. Below is...
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Sara Tucker
Aug 5, 20213 min
What Were You Like As a Teenager?
Patrick is working on a Storyworth project with his children and grandchildren—they pose the questions, he writes the answers. We started...
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