The Memoir Project Blog

How To Write Memoir In Five Weeks? Make Resolutions

A NEW MEMOIR CLASS began recently. A five-weeker, right from the start its length presented a challenge to how I teach how to write memoir. Most of my weekly classes run longer, sometimes as long as … [Read more...] about How To Write Memoir In Five Weeks? Make Resolutions

Creative Inspiration: What to Watch To Get Back to Writing Memoir

I WAS ASKED about my writing influences. The question came in the form of a recent interview. This is one of those questions that can really trip up a writer, letting us either get slavish in our … [Read more...] about Creative Inspiration: What to Watch To Get Back to Writing Memoir

Memoir Writing: News You Can Use. 11/12/12

NEWS YOU CAN USE. Maybe you saw these stories. Maybe you missed them, but these are among the pieces I’ve read recently that might elicit some form of short memoir – an op-ed, or personal essay – from … [Read more...] about Memoir Writing: News You Can Use. 11/12/12

Farewell to a Fond Friend

MY LITTLE TILLER is out by the trash. Just shy of its 24th year in service, it finally exhausted itself. It cannot be coaxed back to tear its way even one more time through my rocky garden. The kind … [Read more...] about Farewell to a Fond Friend