THE BEST MEMOIR WRITING knows its limits. It does not take on too much. It does not take on too little. It takes on exactly enough and stays with it until it’s done. To illustrate this idea in my … [Read more...] about How to Get to Your Best Memoir Writing
The Memoir Project Blog
Memoir Editor? Developmental Editor? What’s in a Name?
APPARENTLY I AM A DEVELOPMENTAL EDITOR for memoir. I had not know that until recently when four separate email inquiries came in using that phrase. Huh, I thought, and did not think much more about it … [Read more...] about Memoir Editor? Developmental Editor? What’s in a Name?
Why I Read Memoir, Continued
THAT HE WAS BOOED AND SHUNNED; that people brought watermelons to the game; that he fought on. Those are the details I heard on public radio that made me come home and pull up the story and read it … [Read more...] about Why I Read Memoir, Continued
Politics and Prose: Is Writing a Memoir the New Prelude to a National Run?
IS WRITING A MEMOIR the new prelude to running for national office? It seems so, doesn’t it? Or is it that running for national office is a great way to bounce up one’s book sales? Hmm. I guess it’s … [Read more...] about Politics and Prose: Is Writing a Memoir the New Prelude to a National Run?
To Learn to Write, Read
AS A MEMOIR EDITOR, I read a lot. As a writer, I read a lot. As a thinking human, I read a lot. As a memoir teacher -- yes, you get it -- I read a lot. And I recommend it all the time as a way to … [Read more...] about To Learn to Write, Read
Three Reasons to Read Memoir
WHEN PEOPLE ASK why I love memoir, I frequently remind them that were it not for my favorite genre, we would not have the narratives of the disenfranchised. It’s a good thing to keep in mind when the … [Read more...] about Three Reasons to Read Memoir
