AS A MEMOIR COACH and online memoir teacher, I spend a lot of my time speaking to people about what they read. As a result, it seems to me that the question of what to read to learn to write memoir is … [Read more...] about What to Read To Learn to Write Memoir
How To Add Humor to a Sad Memoir
HOW TO ADD HUMOR to a sad memoir? And why? And where? These are the questions faced by every good writer whose efforts may seem easy when read, but who labored over lightening up some of life's … [Read more...] about How To Add Humor to a Sad Memoir
Writing Memoir vs. Writing “My Memoirs.” Which is it and Why?
WRITING MEMOIR IS NOT the same as writing "my memoirs," at least not if you are working with this memoir coach and writing teacher or, apparently, if you are being taught by Albert Flynn DeSilver. … [Read more...] about Writing Memoir vs. Writing “My Memoirs.” Which is it and Why?
Writing Lessons: How to Write a Memoir That Reads Like a Novel
IT'S A QUESTION I GET ALL THE TIME: How to write a memoir that reads like a novel? How to make it a page-turner and give it a fiction-like feel in its fine plot? All good questions, and … [Read more...] about Writing Lessons: How to Write a Memoir That Reads Like a Novel
How To Define Memoir? As a Whodunnit.
“IS IT A MEMOIR?” The question was more than a little plaintive, the asker really doubting that what she had submitted met any of the qualifications of our favorite genre. But she sounded … [Read more...] about How To Define Memoir? As a Whodunnit.
On Making Common Writing Mistakes
HUMAN ERROR IS SOMETHING I know a great deal about. Like that sentence which, were I following my grammar lessons, should read human error is something about which I know. My point? Perfection may be … [Read more...] about On Making Common Writing Mistakes
