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Marion Roach Smith

Writing Memoir? Check Your Facts

Struggling With Characterization? Think Gifts

Memoir Requires an Eye for Precise Characterization. How to Get One? Like This.

Memoir How-To: Learning Characterization from A Primary Source

How to Take Notes When Writing Memoir

How to Write a Dog Story

Where to Find Memoir Ideas? Amid Recipes

Summer Memoir: Getting Over the Slump

What Tone Should Memoir Take? In Praise of Humility in Memoir

Need a Memoir Topic? Use the Calendar

There is No Such Thing as Writer’s Block

Ask Yourself: “What is This About?”

How to Write Descriptions That Paint a Vivid Picture For Your Reader

How to Write From the Small Moments of Life

How to Write About Marriage? Learn How to Write the Personal Essay

How to Use Lists to Write Memoir: In Memoriam to the Best List Writer I’ve Known

How to Write Good Characterization in Memoir? Think Pooh

What is Holding You Back as a Writer? Clue: Its Not Clutter

How To Write That First, Messy Draft: The Perfect Recipe

Family on its Way? Seven Successful Secrets for Capturing them in Memoir

Look to Life’s Small Moments When Writing What You Know

A September 11th Remembrance

The Single Greatest Piece of Writing Advice? That’s Simple. Write With Intent.

Memoir Writing: The Op-ed