WRITING ABOUT FAMILY is by far one of the most vexing tasks facing every memoir writer. And when authors Barbara Hoffbeck Scoblic and Susan Rudnick approached me with a fine idea of a … [Read more...] about Writing About Family, a Guest Post
How to Write Dialogue in Memoir: Don’t Linger
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 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?
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?
