Going Long, It's Tense, Research, Getting Connected, Reflection, Naming and more from #RTNC2014
The River Teeth Nonfiction Conference took place one month ago, with new friendships forged and conversations to fuel the spark of creativity and drive necessary to keep the fingers to the keyboard or pen to the paper.
Videos of the speaker presentations are now available in the Conference Archives on the website, and here are a few snippets from the Conference off of Twitter.
Essay gives permission to drill down into the mundane to find meaning. @sonyahuber #rtnc2014
— River Teeth (@riverteeth) May 31, 2014RT @riverteeth: @sonyahuber on her done-ish book in progress: "It started out as about a hundred rejected pieces for @brevitymag" #rtnc2014
— Sophfronia Scott (@Sophfronia) May 31, 2014I'm more interested in movement in writing than a narrative arc. - Joe Mackall #rtnc2014 movement has to do with the questions you're asking
— River Teeth (@riverteeth) May 31, 2014Nonfiction's power has always been in the testimonial. --Dan Lehman @riverteeth #writing
— Shauna HambrickJones (@ShaunaGJones) May 31, 2014"Never start a story describing the outside of a building." Walt Harrington panel on literary journalism. @riverteeth
— Sonya Huber (@sonyahuber) May 31, 2014Everybody says find the sweet spot, I say find the bittersweet spot.... On endings. #rtnc2014 @Walt_Harrington
— River Teeth (@riverteeth) May 31, 2014Read memoirs that you feel can be a part of your literary family tree. @sarah_wells @riverteeth #literarycitizenship #greatimage
— Shauna HambrickJones (@ShaunaGJones) June 1, 2014Any essay, no matter how small needs to have some forward trajectory. -Brenda Miller #rtnc2014
— River Teeth (@riverteeth) June 1, 2014If you feel like you hit a dead end, write "What I mean to say is...." Brenda Miller #rtnc2014 #writingexercise #writingtip
— Samantha Updegrave (@scupdegrave) June 1, 2014Take care to not write something beautiful but pointless. A powerful piece has to have a destination point. -Philip Gerard @riverteeth
— Shauna HambrickJones (@ShaunaGJones) June 1, 2014The best memoirs are about the things stuck in the craw, the things never resolved. --Philip Gerard @riverteeth @chautauqualit
— Shauna HambrickJones (@ShaunaGJones) June 1, 2014View the full archive of #RTNC2014 tweets on Twitter.
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