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Your Weekly Writing Exercise
Your Book's Container--And How to Write It

Your Book's Container--And How to Write It

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Mary Carroll Moore
Aug 10, 2009
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Your Book's Container--And How to Write It
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A coaching client with a great story to tell is working on her memoir. She asked a very good question about her book's container. It sparked this week's writing exercise.

I had asked her to incorporate more container in her chapter, by taking out the sections of thinking and feeling. Whenever the author talked about her feelings and thoughts, the writing…

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