FINDING OUR TRUE SELVES may be one of life's great journeys, but writing from that place is among the hardest assignments I know. How to write from your true self, and not the one you wished you were, … [Read more...] about How To Write From Your True Self
The Memoir Project Blog
New Memoir to Read
MY FOUR FAVORITE RECENT MEMOIR are all by women. However, they could not possibly be more different – the women and the books – except that they are all truth-telling, with strong voices, fine … [Read more...] about New Memoir to Read
Writing Lessons: How to Begin a Memoir
HOW TO BEGIN A MEMOIR rattles most writers, though perhaps none more than those who had eccentric childhoods. When growing up amid the crazy or quirky stuff of life, competing, vivid images provide a … [Read more...] about Writing Lessons: How to Begin a Memoir
Ban All Writing Exercises and Prompts. Now.
NO MORE WRITING EXERCISES. I mean it. from this day forward you are to ban all writing prompts. If you are going to learn how to write memoir, you need to learn to write with intent. That’s my phrase … [Read more...] about Ban All Writing Exercises and Prompts. Now.
Insanely Practical Writing Advice
PROBABLY THE SINGLE SENTENCE I say most in my memoir teaching and coaching practice is to “read above your head and write within your means.” These are words I live by, saying them to myself every … [Read more...] about Insanely Practical Writing Advice
New Memoir to Read, 3 from La La Land
IN THE RUN-UP to the holidays it seemed like there was no new memoir to read. Uh oh, I thought. This was not good. And then things changed. “Ah,” I said yesterday, as I read through my Google search … [Read more...] about New Memoir to Read, 3 from La La Land
