Elizabeth Jannuzzi

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Elizabeth Jannuzzi

operations & communications manager – project write now
program manager – book inc writer

Biography

Elizabeth Jannuzzi is the operations and communications manager at Project Write Now, a nonprofit writing organization. Her work has been featured in Pangyrus, Cagibi, and Mother Always Write. In 2018, she received an honorable mention in Memoir Magazine’s Recovery Contest. Elizabeth lives in New Jersey with her husband and three almost out-of-the-nest kids. In her free time, she is slowly section hiking the Appalachian Trail. Elizabeth is working on a memoir about her recovery from alcoholism.

Twitter: @elizjannuzzi
Instagram: @lizjannuzzi
Facebook: @lizjannuzzi

JOURNAL – PUBLICATIONS – TWITTER

Journal

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01/05/23 Inside the Memoir Incubator

2022 Memoir Incubator Wrap-Up

 growing as a writer, memoir, writing goals

Well, folks, I’m almost at the end of my yearlong Memoir Incubator program. Tonight (January 5), we have one last feedback session for our Slot #3 writers. I’m excited to talk about my podmate’s beautifully written memoir. Our final Memoir Incubator class will be ...

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12/01/22 Inside the Memoir Incubator

What To Do in Memoir When Truth IS Stranger Than Fiction

 building trust, memoir

One time in a workshop while giving me feedback on one of my personal essays, my classmate said she didn’t believe me when I said my mother never came into my teenage bedroom.

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11/14/22 Inside the Memoir Incubator

Overcoming Revision Block

 memoir, revising, writers block

We’ve all heard of Writer’s Block, the condition of being unable to think of what to write or how to proceed with writing. But have you heard of Revision Block? The condition of being unable to start revising after you’ve received feedback? Well, I have, because I...

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10/06/22 Inside the Memoir Incubator

Non-Writers Just Don’t Understand (or Why You Need a Writing Community)

 memoir, writers, writing community

If you’ve ever run a marathon, like I did in my mid-twenties, and lived to talk about it, then most likely you’ve had this conversation: You: I ran a marathon Other person: Oh really, how many miles? Because I ran my town’s Turkey Trot and … You: A marath...

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09/01/22 Inside the Memoir Incubator

The Deadline Is Near

 memoir, writing deadline

Twenty-five days and counting. 23 days and counting. 20 days and counting! These are the daily posts we receive from our co-leaders in our Memoir Incubator Slack account as we count down to our September 9th manuscript deadline.

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07/07/22 Inside the Memoir Incubator

Adding Action to My Memoir

 adding action, memoir, novel-shaped story

Recently, our co-leader Shanda introduced us to a writing exercise from the newsletter Writing Exercises from Matt Bell. Write 40 action-oriented sentences that describe your story. If you succeed, you can take your 40 sentences and turn them into a 40-scene novel or...

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06/02/22 Inside the Memoir Incubator

A Dialogue on Dialogue

 dialogue, dialogue tags, writing dialogue in memoir

“Are we going to have a session on dialogue?” my classmate asks on Slack, the messaging app we use to keep in touch between classes. “I’m really struggling with dialogue,” she says. Other classmates chime in and share helpful articles.

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05/09/22 Inside the Memoir Incubator

Chomping at the Bit

 origin stories, writing community, writing process

For the first three months in the Memoir Incubator, we didn’t write. Not the way I’m accustomed to writing, typing scenes into a computer. Instead, we worked in journals, exploring our story’s structure and characters. In lieu of pounding the keyboard, we sketched...

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03/17/22 Inside the Memoir Incubator

Together We Write

 guest author, origin stories, writing community, writing process

When a friend suggested I join book inc's Memoir Incubator, I was hesitant. Not because I didn’t want to write a memoir, but because I was afraid. Afraid I would fail … again. You see, I had already attempted to write a memoir. I had put together a loose gathering of...

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Publications

09/20 | “Just Breathe” | Pangyrus
07/19 | “How to Set the Dining Room Table” | Cagibi
04/18 | “Fire on the Mountain” | Entropy
09/20 | First Love & Then a Death | Mothers Always Write
03/18 | Holding My Breath | Grapevine

Members

RT @BookIncOrg: #TuesdayTip Memoir Incubator writer @elizjannuzzi suggests "touching" your project every day to keep your writing momentum… read more »

Jan 18 2023

That's a wrap, folks! See you "Inside the Book Revision Lab!" read more »

Jan 05 2023

What a wonderful event! "PWN is a cultural treasure!' So happy to share the stage with my hubby Chris! read more »

Dec 22 2022

RT @BookIncOrg: #TuesdayTip Memoir Incubator writer @elizjannuzzi suggests "touching" your project every day to keep your writing momentum… read more »

Jan 18 2023

That's a wrap, folks! See you "Inside the Book Revision Lab!" read more »

Jan 05 2023

RT @BookIncOrg: #TuesdayTip Memoir Incubator writer @elizjannuzzi suggests "touching" your project every day to keep your writing momentum… read more »

Jan 18 2023