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🌀 How to Build a Compelling Narrative Arc for Your Memoir
By Jill Carlyle, M.A., MFA When I sit down with a new memoir client—whether they're just beginning their story or knee-deep in their...
Jill Carlyle, M.A., MFA
Aug 6, 20243 min read


The Strings That Tie Us Together
The shape of her hairline matches mine. I turn and face the mirror hanging over her vanity and pull my salt and pepper bangs away from my...
Jill Carlyle, M.A., MFA
Jan 3, 20245 min read


Jill's Prose & Cons: The Fine Print by Lauren Asher
I happened upon this book because I picked up the second in the series first, and being the obsessed reader I am, I couldn’t fathom...
Jill Carlyle, M.A., MFA
Jan 2, 20243 min read


Jill's Prose & Cons: Girl in Pieces by Kathleen Glasgow
“Cutting is a fence you build upon your own body to keep people out but then you cry to be touched. But the fence is barbed. What then?”...
Jill Carlyle, M.A., MFA
Jan 1, 20242 min read
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