May 8, 2019
If you’ve read my blog posts, you know I draw a clear line between memoir and autobiography. Here’s a quick recap: Autobiography is best reserved...
May 5, 2019
KNOWING HOW TO WRITE dialogue when writing memoir does not require a great memory, or that you were carrying a notebook beginning when you...
April 28, 2019
As a memoir coach, the number one question I receive goes something like this: “How to decide what to write about?” This gets asked...
April 17, 2019
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?...
April 14, 2019
HOW TO WRITE MEMOIR as a series of essays? Can a series of essays be a memoir? And, if so, do you string them...
April 10, 2019
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...
April 7, 2019
Can a memoir be a self-help book? For that matter, can a self-help book be a memoir? These questions were posed to me recently...
March 17, 2019
MY FATHER DIED forty-one years ago this week and, as it does each year, it got me thinking about what I miss. But what...
February 27, 2019
I HAVE A NEW response I give when asked how to define memoir and I’ve been testing it on people, hoping it resonates. Now,...
February 17, 2019
THE PERSONAL ESSAY will always be among my favorite forms of discovery. In it, one can have a little look, bounce something in the...
January 2, 2019
WHEN IT COMES TO the work of planning a memoir, the advice you will receive online, in books and in person should always include...
December 2, 2018
LATER THIS WEEK, I’ll be teaching a free class called “How to Start an Excellent Memoir.” I last offered this class in August, and it...
