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How to Write the Personal Essay? Like This

Struggling With Characterization? Think Gifts

What To Write Next? The Dilemma Du Jour

What Is A Memoir? Does it Matter? It Does, to Author Maggie Nelson

Writing Lessons: How to Write Someone Else’s Story

Writing Lessons: Are There Rules for Writing Memoir?

Writing Lessons: How to Write About A Difficult Subject, by Bette Lynch Husted

Writing Lessons: How to Write A Personal Story & Make it Public, with Diane Cameron

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

Writing Lessons: Telling the Truth When Writing Memoir, with Beth Kephart

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

Memoir in the Month of May

My First Piece of Memoir — Recently Chosen to Premier a New York Times Feature

Recommended Reading: “Her” A Memoir by Christa Paravanni

Memoir Writing: Love in a Cold Climate

Recommended Reading: “Why Be Happy When You Can be Normal?”

Writing Memoir. News You Can Use: March 23, 2012

Memoir Without a Net: Telling a Tale on the Radio

Is That A Glue Gun in Your Pocket or Are You Just Really Not Glad to See Me?

Suggested Reading. New Memoir: Short, Long, Illustrated. And Dirty.

Clever Damage: Writing Memoir About Family Abuse

Writing Memoir. News You Can Use: February 11, 2012

Memoir: An Adoption Tale

Knitting + Memoir = New Friends