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 Writing Memoir. News You Can Use: January 9, 2012
The Memoir Project Blog
Writing Memoir: A First Draft. Retching and Moaning All the Way.
MY BEST FRIEND taught me a phrase about writing a first draft that I use every day. We’ve been friends now for, oh, thirty years. Since we were already hard-working writers when we met, and I use the … [Read more...] about Writing Memoir: A First Draft. Retching and Moaning All the Way.
On a Diet? Your Memoir Needs One Too
WE'RE ON DIETS, my memoir work and I. It's tough. After all, knowing how to choose small topics to write about is hard work. What I always say to my online memoir writing students is that we're always … [Read more...] about On a Diet? Your Memoir Needs One Too
Writing Memoir. News You Can Use: January 5, 2012
NEWS YOU CAN USE. Maybe you saw these stories. Maybe you missed them, but it seems to me that these are among the pieces I’ve read recently that might elicit some form of short memoir – an op-ed, or … [Read more...] about Writing Memoir. News You Can Use: January 5, 2012
The Best of Best-of Lists for Memoir
CHOOSING THE BEST MEMOIRS of any time, date, or place is difficult, so I love it when reliable sources do the work for me. But what’s a reliable source? Such a good question. … [Read more...] about The Best of Best-of Lists for Memoir
Writing Memoir: Learning Your Limits
WHO ARE YOU? If you are writing memoir, it’s important to know the answer to that question. Who is the narrator of your memoir? Memoir is about territory, and you have to walk its borders. What are … [Read more...] about Writing Memoir: Learning Your Limits
