Write Your Best Memoir
Mentoring for the next — and every — step of your writing journey
The Classic Text for Serious Memoir Writers Since 1992
You have the heart of a teacher, not just an editor, and I have become a much better writer because of your attention. A commercial publishing professional who subsequently reviewed the manuscript told me that the writing was good and engaging. I have you to thank for that. You were very helpful.
—Denise Brown, Surviving Childhood Abuse:
Overcoming Trauma
- Our newsletter: The More Skillful Writer—Our blog is great, but there is even more available to you in our newsletter. Writing info, alerts of upcoming events, newsletter subscriber-only sales and more.
- Memoir Writer’s Blog—Over 600 posts to guide and encourage you to write more and better. (Check below for current posts.)
- Coaching—When you need to develop fundamental writing skills and techniques. There is much to learn, and much help is available. Don’t spin your wheels. Ask for help.
- Editing—When you want to tighten and polish your memoir before sending it into the world. Sometimes this can include what’s called developmental editing. Let us help you to write your best memoir.
- Ghostwriting—When you need a professional writer to help you create your memoir. We can all be authors but we are not all writers. Let us be your writer. We’re good at story writing.
- Proofreading—When you want to be sure there are no technical mistakes littering your memoir. Every story needs proofreading—not just spell check but more sophisticated elements such as the antecedents of a pronoun or the proper placement of phrases and clauses.
- Book Production—When you want to self-publish and need your hard-copy book to look professional, as if it came from one of the big publishing houses. We also create e-books.
- Courses—When you want to learn at home on your own at your pace.
- Memoir Store—When you want to buy quality, proven materials to help you proceed on your own
Plus…
- How to Become A Memoir Writing Professional—When you want to prepare yourself as best you can to do memoir work in your community. Lead workshops, coach, edit, and ghostwrite. You can complete your training sooner than you think to earn an income as a memoir professional.
- Memoir Professional Blog contains hundreds of posts on launching and thriving as a Memoir Professional.
The answer to your question is necessarily an individual one. It might be coaching, editing, ghostwriting, proofreading or book production. Any reputable company will offer a free consultation to help you define the options and select the one best for you.
This is a frequent challenge for new writers. Coaching will get you to explore possible topics. Writing your best memoir is a big commitment, and you ought to be focused on something important to you. You need to take the time it takes to discover your topic.
Editing is your best choice. A developmental editor will advise you on how to strengthen your manuscript if that is needed and will show you how. A content editor can help you polish your existing prose. A copy editor / proofreader will prepare your final draft for publication.
A ghostwriter can help you to create a manuscript that is told in your voice and reflects your personality. You be the author; let us be the writer.
We have worked as the publication desk for many writers who want help to get their book published under their own imprint. We’ll work with you to produce a great-looking book.
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