People tell me all the time that they are going “trying to write” their memoir. But “trying” to write doesn’t get a memoir written.
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How can memoir writer go wrong knowing more about how to write a memoir?
How can you go wrong knowing more about how to write a memoir? We can say emphatically that you can’t! Check out these free resources to help you write and finish your memoir.!
Monday Focus: Pre-writing is more important than you think.
Pre-writing is the process of gathering and ordering information before you begin to write. Here’s where to start.
A Best Memoir Writing Practice
When learning to write memoir, it can feel awkward and uncomfortable as you learn the process, just like in learning to swim. We often see people who are not comfortable swimming flail about in the water, their heads reaching up high, desperately, to catch a breath of air. They usually execute strokes too fast. This […]
Learning to Write Memoir Is Like Learning to Swim!
We often see people who are not comfortable swimming flail about in the water, their heads reaching up high, desperately, to catch a breath of air. This awkward gesture soon tires them. Try as they might there is not enough air for them as they constrict their ribs, twist their heads, contort their jaws. Writing […]
The Memory List: How to identify events and relationships to put in or leave out of a memoir
Don’t write without a Memory List. If you’ve already started to write your lifestory: Stop and compile your Memory List as soon as possible.
Showing up for my memoir– again!
DL: This is a reprint of a post that appeared in September of 2022. It strikes me as pertinent for many readers of The Lifewriter’s Digest. The final publication of French Boy took another year. I republish this both to present a proven process and to own that I have my challenges, too. I’m not […]
Writing a Memoir Is a Big Project. It Calls For the Project Manager Function.
People jump into their memoir writing projects without giving the function of project manager much consideration. Here’s what you need to do.