Silenced No More: How to Write the Story You've Been Afraid to Tell with Meagan Justus

Send us Fan MailIn this Ask Me Anything session, writer and advocate Meagan Justus brings two questions that so many writers are quietly wrestling with. 1st: when you keep circling the core of your story without being able to reach it, do you shape what you have or keep writing until you get there? And 2nd: when your story involves people or institutions with power, how do you protect yourself while still telling the truth? Together, we dig into why writers circle their stories, how changing names doesn't protect you legally, what the vetting process actually looks like, and what the unfolding controversy around Amy Griffin's memoir The Tell can teach us about the publishing process. Resources:The "but/therefore" principleThe Queen’s PathThe Beat Sheet Another Bullshit Night in Suck City by Nick FlynnSome Ether by Nick FlynnThe Ticking Is the Bomb by Nick FlynnThe Liar's Club by Mary KarrCherry by Mary KarrLit by Mary Karr https://authorsguild.org/How Can I Avoid Lawsuits When Writing Memoir?Legal Vetting for Manuscripts to Manage RiskThe Billionaire, The Psychedelics, and the Bestselling Memoir by Katherine Rosman & Elisabeth EganLawsuit Accuses Writer of Using Classmate’s Story in Best-Selling Memoir by Katherine Rosman & Elisabeth EganExamples of Hermit Crab Essays  Get Your Free Human Design Report Find and Refine Your Memoir’s Narrative ArcDitch Your Inner Critic Now Connect with Meagan: https://www.creativelyvisible.com/https://substack.com/@creativelyvisibleMeagan Justus is a writer and advocate exploring the messy middle of chronic illness, disability, and trauma. Through essays and storytelling, she works to make invisible struggles visible and a little less lonely. Her writing blends honesty, humor, and the occasional chocolate metaphor to explore resilience, self-advocacy, and the stories we discover while living through life’s hardest chapters.Building Better Memoir Scenes: https://janefriedman.com/building-better-memoir-scenes-with-lisa-cooper-ellison/Connect with your host, Lisa:Get Your Free Copy of Ditch Your Inner Critic: https://lisacooperellison.com/subscribe/Website | Instagram | YouTube | Facebook | LinkedInProduced by Espresso Podcast Production