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Memoir coach and author Marion Roach

Welcome to The Memoir Project, the portal to your writing life.

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How to Write a Difficult Family Memoir, with Rachel Michelberg

RACHEL MICHELBERG IS YOU. She is a person with a story, one that she never thought she would write -- that is, until she did. It took years. It took courage. It was written under the pressure of what … [Read more...] about How to Write a Difficult Family Memoir, with Rachel Michelberg

How to Sustain the Writing Life, with Travis Andrews

TRAVIS ANDREWS IS A staff writer for The Washington Post Style section, where he works on the pop culture team and covers music, movies, television, comedy and celebrity culture, and he is the … [Read more...] about How to Sustain the Writing Life, with Travis Andrews

On the Power of Writing, With Allison Fallon

ALLISON FALLON KNOWS ABOUT the power of writing it down. She is the author of 13 books to date, the latest of which is The Power of Writing It Down: A Simple Habit to Unlock Your Brain and … [Read more...] about On the Power of Writing, With Allison Fallon

How to Curate Your Own Life, with Monica Wesolowska

MONICA WESOLOWSKA KNOWS SOMETHING we all need to learn and she is here to tell us all about it. It is how to curate your own life, and if there is a greater skill needed by all memoir writers, I … [Read more...] about How to Curate Your Own Life, with Monica Wesolowska

The First Step in Telling a Story

COVID HAS US ALL STREAMING, WATCHING and re-watching our favorite shows. In that rewatching you have a marvelous opportunity to learn huge lessons about writing memoir. How? Because you probably … [Read more...] about The First Step in Telling a Story

How and When to See Your Life As Story, with Bestselling Author Julie Metz

JULIE METZ IS THE AUTHOR I've long wanted to ask the question of how and when to see your life as story. How soon in an experience should we recognize that this might make a tale? How late? And when … [Read more...] about How and When to See Your Life As Story, with Bestselling Author Julie Metz

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