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Year: 2025

How to Find a Major Theme When Writing Memoir, with Jon Kinnally

What Does ‘Write What You Know’ Mean & How To Do It, with Khadijah VanBrakle

Have I got a Definition of Show, Don’t Tell? You Bet I Do

How to Differentiate Your Version on a Common Theme

How to Write Into What’s Coming Next, with author J.E. Thomas

Can You Write Memoir at Any Age? Author Joanna Choi Kalbus Answers that Question

Where to Find Memoir Ideas? Amid Recipes

When is the Right Time to Write your Truth, with Tia Levings

How to Write the Personal Essay? Like This

Summer Memoir: Getting Over the Slump

How and Why to Apply for a Writing Residency, with Calliope Nicholas

What To Do When a Story Line is Too Big?

Writing Essays to Push Through Uncertainty, with Nicole Graev Lipson

Writing About the Healing Power of Nature, with Melissa Hafting

Answer the Question: “What is this About?”

The Role of Advocacy in Memoir, with Author Bridgett M. Davis

The Role of Art in Troubling Times, with Author & Activist Shannon Downey

How to Start a Writing Project? Write From a Point of Conflict, with Author Callan Wink

How to Write Memoir When You Don’t Have it All Figured Out, with Jess Gutierrez

Differing Versions of a Family Tale? No Problem.

What Tone Should Memoir Take? In Praise of Humility in Memoir

How Writers Figure Things Out, with Joan Wickersham

How to Be a Freelance Writer & More, with Author Gloria L. Huang

Need a Memoir Topic? Use the Calendar