LIKE YOU, I JUST SAT through several of the highest of emotional high holy days of holidays with friends and family, during which I listened to aspirations and admonitions, many of them told … [Read more...] about Big News: Writing Memoir is Good For You
The Memoir Project Blog
How to Choose Your Memoir Structure
KNOWING HOW TO CHOOSE your memoir structure is essential to your book's success. Period. Full stop. And this is why I am devoting several weeks here on the blog to explaining this to you. … [Read more...] about How to Choose Your Memoir Structure
What is a Memoir? A Book with Structure
WHAT IS A MEMOIR? It is a piece of writing told from one area of your expertise that illustrates something you know resulting from something you did. Do you find that definition surprising? Many … [Read more...] about What is a Memoir? A Book with Structure
How to Structure a Book? Learn How & Overcome Writing A Book’s Great Challenge
“What is the one thing I need to know to write a book?” I am asked this all the time, and I used to reply that it was knowing what the book is about. No more. I now know that the single greatest … [Read more...] about How to Structure a Book? Learn How & Overcome Writing A Book’s Great Challenge
How to Choose The Right Story to Tell
How to choose the right story to tell? It's a great question, and one that plagues every memoirist. But it's the essential question, because if I could pinpoint the one common problem of all memoir … [Read more...] about How to Choose The Right Story to Tell
My Best Advice for Getting a Book Contract
The best advice for getting a book contract for your memoir is this: Write an Op-ed. Why? Because every piece of non-fiction is an argument and nothing hones your argument like writing a … [Read more...] about My Best Advice for Getting a Book Contract
