Kathi Lipp interviews author, speaker, and all-around amazing person, Michele Cushatt on what it takes to write the hard parts of our stories. Three-time cancer survivor, Michele knows the intimate ins and outs of the difficult spaces of our lives. Reality is not always pretty, but God’s grace and love through it all are extraordinarily beautiful.

• What resistance we face when we press into our story
• Tricks and tips to keep going when we fear
• How to get the help you need to craft and honest book

Do you have a difficult story to write? If so, “How to Tell the Hard Parts of Your Story” Writing at the Red House Retreat is for you. Painful stories need to be shared in such a way that they don’t bring the reader down, but leave them with a way of looking up. Learn from industry experts and featured writers in residence, Michele Cushatt, and Kathi Lipp, as they take you through the ins and outs of crafting your unique true story and how to best share you and your story with the world. Rooms are filling up. Book NOW. 

Relentless – The Unshakeable Presence of A God Who Never Leaves (released November 12, 2019)

Writing at the Red House

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Join us for next week’s episode (Part 2) when we talk about the nitty-gritty on how to tell stories that involve others.

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Kathi continues her insightful discussion with memoir expert and two-time New York Times best-selling author Susy Flory about what the seven different types of memoir are and which type fits you, as an author, best. If you’ve ever wondered what type of memoir you should be writing, you won’t want to miss this chat about the last four categories:

1. Episodic or Devotional Memoir
2. Stunt Memoir
3. Prescriptive Memoir
4. Public or Professional Memoir

Be sure to download our takeaways and take notes.

• What memoir style is right for you
• The best examples of each type of memoir
• How your story can best be told as a memoir writer

Do you have a true story to write? If so, “Everything Memoir” Writing at the Red House Retreat is for you. Learn from industry experts and featured writers in residence, Susy Flory and Kathi Lipp, as they take you through the ins and outs of crafting your unique true story and how to best share you and your story with the world.

Find Out More

Susy Flory http://www.susyflory.com

Everything Memoir FB group https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingmemoir/

The Polygamist’s Daughter

Educated

Miracle on Voodoo Mountain

Wild

A Walk in the Woods

Sober Mercies (Kathi called it Sober Boots in the podcast)

Girl Meets God

Thunder Dog

Year of Living Biblically

A Year of Biblical Womanhood

Girl, Wash Your Face

From the Ground Up: A Journey to Reimagine the Promise of America

Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike

Me, Myself, and Bob: A True Story About Dreams, God, and Talking Vegetables

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Kathi starts a fascinating discussion with memoir expert and two-time New York Times best-selling author Susy Flory about what the seven different types of memoir and which type fits you, as an author, best. If you’ve ever wondered what type of memoir you should be writing, you won’t want to miss this chat about the first three categories:

1. Classic
2. Fish Out of Water
3. Transformational or Spiritual

Be sure to download our takeaways and take notes.

• What memoir style is right for you
• The best examples of each type of memoir
• How your story can best be told as a memoir writer

Do you have a true story to write? If so, “Everything Memoir” Writing at the Red House Retreat is for you. Learn from industry experts and featured writers in residence, Susy Flory and Kathi Lipp, as they take you through the ins and outs of crafting your unique true story and how to best share you and your story with the world.

Register Today

Susy Flory http://www.susyflory.com

Everything Memoir FB group https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingmemoir/

The Polygamist’s Daughter

Educated

Miracle on Voodoo Mountain

Wild

A Walk in the Woods

Sober Mercies (Kathi called it Sober Boots in the podcast)

Girl Meets God

Thunder Dog

Year of Living Biblically

A Year of Biblical Womanhood

Girl, Wash Your Face

From the Ground Up: A Journey to Reimagine the Promise of America

Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike

Me, Myself, and Bob: A True Story About Dreams, God, and Talking Vegetables

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Join us for next week’s episode (Part 2) when we talk about the other kinds of memoir and Susy’s best practices.

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We join speaker Kathi Lipp and her guest host, Cheri Gregory as they complete the list of the top 10 skills speakers utilize and how they apply to their writing. If you are a speaker who wants to write, then this is a must-listen-to episode. What are publishers looking for? What assets do you possess and how do you translate them into a compelling and well-received book that serves your audience? Listen to Part 1 here.

• What are publishing houses looking for?
• Are you serving the right people?
• How to translate facial expressions into the written word.
• What rhetorical devices can do to/for the reader.
• The danger (and craft) of the rabbit trail.
• Why you need a team.

Something to remember.

Memoir Project 

Exhale

Cheri Gregory https://cherigregory.com

Writing at the Red House https://writingattheredhouse.com

Diane Dokko Kim https://www.dianedokkokim.com

Amy Carroll https://amycarroll.org

Susy Flory http://www.susyflory.com

Michele Cushatt https://michelecushatt.com

Lyneta Smith https://lynetasmith.com

Marion Roach Smith https://marionroach.com

John Mulaney – comedian

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What assets do you have as a speaker? How can those assets get turned into amazing tips to write a compelling and well-received book that serves your audience? Speaker-turned-author, Cheri Gregory joins Kathi as they explore the answers to these questions. If we realize the mindset shift we need is comprised of small adjustments it makes the task of writing a book more manageable.

• What specific assets you have as a speaker.
• How to take those assets and redirect them in writing.
• Find and use “Mentor Texts.”
• How to use a team to work through the process of writing.

A big thanks to our episode sponsor, Permission to Post with Bethany Howard.

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