Sara Tucker
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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Stories from the Heart of Vermont
Sara Tucker
- Jan 22
- 3 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, 2021
- 4 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 5, 2021
- 1 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, 2021
- 3 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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Sara Tucker
- Jul 16, 2021
- 2 min
The Korongo Story
I put together this video to illustrate the concept of turning points—moments in a life story when an event causes a disturbance, and...
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Sara Tucker
- Oct 3, 2020
- 2 min
Not Everyone Wants to Hear What You Have to Say
After a conversation with another writer on October 1, I wrote the following note to myself. There are always repercussions when you...
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Sara Tucker
- Sep 16, 2020
- 1 min
A Pox on Both Your Houses
A few days ago, I invited readers of this blog to write a rant. Today, I invite you to write a curse. For inspiration, let's turn to...
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Sara Tucker
- Sep 13, 2020
- 5 min
Desert Doll
On the art of writing short. Once a week, I get together with an old friend to talk about writing. Nancy lives in New Mexico and I'm in...
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Sara Tucker
- Sep 12, 2020
- 4 min
Takeaway from Kimball Workshop No. 1
Do you get anxious before a presentation? I do. I'm afraid I'll bore people. Boredom, the killer disease. So I was quite relieved when...
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Sara Tucker
- Nov 5, 2019
- 2 min
Something Breaks
Orlando, my Puerto Rican cousin-in-law, stands at the stove, making frittatas and some kind of hash. “Not more food!” cries Aunt Ruth.
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Sara Tucker
- Nov 4, 2019
- 3 min
Dear Ms. Didion
If you're playing around with what we call voice—your own or the voice of a character in one of your stories—try this writing exercise:...
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Sara Tucker
- Jan 9, 2019
- 2 min
Writing prompt #1: If music be the food of love
Several of the writers I've worked with this past year are writing love stories. Sarah Silbert is one. Sarah wanted to give her novel a...
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