KNOWING HOW TO WRITE dialogue when writing memoir does not require a great memory, or that you were carrying a notebook beginning when you were eight. Nope. Knowing how to write dialogue requires … [Read more...] about How to Write Dialogue in Memoir: Don’t Linger
How to Decide What to Write About
As a memoir coach, the number one question I receive goes something like this: “How to decide what to write about?” This gets asked right after I remind people that unlike autobiography, memoir is not … [Read more...] about How to Decide What to Write About
How To Research A Memoir
HOW TO RESEARCH A MEMOIR is one of the concepts that plagues many writers in our favorite genre. After all, it's your life, right? Why should you have to go and look up anything? This is (il)logic I … [Read more...] about How To Research A Memoir
How to Write A Memoir in Essays
HOW TO WRITE MEMOIR as a series of essays? Can a series of essays be a memoir? And, if so, do you string them together to make a satisfying experience for the reader? These are questions I get all the … [Read more...] about How to Write A Memoir in Essays
Which Book Were You Meant to Write?
WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN you discover that you're writing the wrong memoir? Well, if you are Louise Ross, you make the decision to write the right book. In this case, it was going from writing her … [Read more...] about Which Book Were You Meant to Write?
Can a Memoir Be a Self-Help Book? Can a Self-Help Book Be a Memoir?
Can a memoir be a self-help book? For that matter, can a self-help book be a memoir? These questions were posed to me recently in a one-on-one memoir coaching session and got me thinking about the … [Read more...] about Can a Memoir Be a Self-Help Book? Can a Self-Help Book Be a Memoir?
