Now what? After you've spent all this time writing your memoir, what do you do with it? How do you continue without the inspiration and motivation of class? First, make a writing plan. When and where do you plan to continue with your writing? Once a week? An hour a day? It's up to you. You have to be your own boss. But be your boss and don't let the momentum slip away.
Or do you want to be published? For starters, try submitting a memoir story to The Columbian which has a weekly feature called Everybody Has a Story.
Here are some helpful links:
For a writing prompt a day, try this website creativewritingprompts.com.
The Columbian is looking for personal nonfiction stories for their Everybody Has a Story column. It is a once a week feature in the Neighbors section of the newspaper. Stories must be 1000 words or less. For more information read this article: http://www.columbian.com/news/2013/apr/10/everybody-has-a-story-that-means-you/.
For free self-publishing a book createspace.
