Writing a memoir involves remembering bits and pieces of your life and putting them down on paper. After all, a…
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8 Tips for Taking the Psychological Trip of Writing a Memoir
Many of this year’s Write Nonfiction in November participants are writing memoirs. I don’t find this surprising, since so many…
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How Do You Know the Truth?
Memoirist and creative nonfiction writers constantly ponder the question, “What is truth?” And they struggle with their truth vs. the…
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Focusing Your Memoir…or Any Book
Yesterday I was working with a client on focusing her memoir. To me the beginning middle and end of her…
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Creating Flow in Your Memoir
I’m almost done doing a developmental edit on a memoir. The feedback the writer had received from readers and agents…
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What’s the difference between memoir and fiction?
If you sometimes wonder what the difference is between memoir and fiction, you aren’t alone. Often writers use their experiences…
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How to Write About Negative Life Experiences
When writing about life experiences, it’s important not to let so-called negative life story scare us or our readers off….
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How to Use Life Story and Personal Experience in an Essay
Last week I wrote two posts related to memoir, 10 Ways to Use Life Story in Nonfiction Writing and How…
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The Top Six Questions Memoir Writers Ask
It’s Day #9 of the Write Nonfiction in November challenge! We’ve covered a lot of ground already, and I thought…
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