HOW TO START a memoir? It’s a question I get all the time when teaching how to write memoir. Where to begin a piece? Let me explain. … [Read more...] about How to Start a Memoir
The Memoir Project Blog
Memoir Writing: My First Autopsy
I WENT TO my first autopsy, and here is what I learned: Human ribs can be clipped with the shears I use to prune my floribunda roses. The smell of a man dead for more than one week is far more … [Read more...] about Memoir Writing: My First Autopsy
Memoir Writing: The Lure of Fish Tales
AH, FISHING TALES. Just about everyone has them. How not to let yours get away? … [Read more...] about Memoir Writing: The Lure of Fish Tales
Creative Inspiration: Meet Kristen Lamb
SNAPPY. CLEVER. CARING. While this might not be everybody’s criteria for a pal, it’s one I’ve used to look online for a particular kind of new friend in the writing business. Why snappy? Because … [Read more...] about Creative Inspiration: Meet Kristen Lamb
Resolution Recap: Writing Memoir Now and Forever
NEWS YEAR RESOLUTIONS are crumbling fast. I can almost hear the candy wrappers from here, can’t you? There are some resolutions that we're not going to break, right? Those having to do with writing … [Read more...] about Resolution Recap: Writing Memoir Now and Forever
Ideas for Memoir Topics: Read it in the Want Ads
THE FINE PRINT is where you’ll find great creative inspiration. I mean, have you looked in the want ads lately? If not, you should. It is there that I get a lot of my ideas for memoir topics. … [Read more...] about Ideas for Memoir Topics: Read it in the Want Ads
