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Marion Roach Smith

Not In a Memoir Class? Here Are 5 Key Writing Tips You’d Learn Tonight in Mine

Writing Lessons: Recalling Details When Writing Memoir, with Lila Q. Weaver

Joanna Penn and I Talk Writing Memoir. The Result? A Podcast For You

The 3 Most Important Rules of Writing Memoir, with The Creative Penn

Writing Lessons: How to Reclaim the Fun In Memoir Writing, With J. Maarten Troost

Writing Lessons: What to Share When Writing Memoir, with Emma Brockes

Writing Lessons: Picking Small Topics To Write About

Writing Lessons: Memoir’s Truth and Consequences, with Anthony D’Aries

Writing Lessons: On What to Leave In Your Memoir Writing, with Priscilla Gilman

Writing Lessons: First Drafts, with Josh Hanagarne

Writing Lessons: Ask Yourself, “What’s My Question?” With Monica Wesolowska

Writing Lessons: Memoir Advice? Know Your Audience, With Kate Richards

Writing Lessons: How to Tell The Truth, with Katrina Kenison

Memoir in the Month of May

Writing Lessons: On Characterization, With Leanne Shirtliffe

Need a Tip on How to Write Memoir? It’s This: Read and Respond

The Writing Life, or Groping My Way Toward Memoir

How to Write Memoir: The Week in Review

A Guide to Great Memoir Adaptation

How To Write Grief Memoir

Required Reading: What to Read to Learn to Write Memoir? Calvin Trillin.

The Very Best Writing Advice

Recommended Reading: “Her” A Memoir by Christa Paravanni

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