Many, and perhaps most, people write too fast. I don’t mean that they end up with a text characterized by sloppy grammar, spelling problems and chronology issues. No, what I mean is that they push through the process of writing their stories much too quickly. They end up with only a part of the story […]
Writers can doubt their process. This is understandable as writing a memoir is a long undertaking that can—and usually does—have many discouraging moments.
I am in the very last days of the memoir writing process and polishing A Sugary Frosting / A Memoir of a Girlhood Spent in a Parsonage, the early lifestory of my deceased spouse, Martha Blowen. It’s a time to make sure I have written what I want to write and to check grammar and […]
What is the ghostwriting process? Successful ghostwriting has several components. On this page, we explain what to expect when hiring a ghostwriter at The Memoir Network. You will learn how to best work with a ghostwriter. 1. The Interview When we do all the writing, the foundation of the ghostwriting process is the interview during […]
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Pre-writing is the process of gathering and ordering information before you begin to write. Here’s where to start.
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 […]
People jump into their memoir writing projects without giving the function of project manager much consideration. Here’s what you need to do.
One memoir writer who had spent two or three years writing her story submitted her formatted manuscript to me for a final edit. She told me she hadn’t gotten help writing a memoir because she hadn’t wanted to be influenced.As I read her story, I struggled to find its focus. There didn’t seem to be […]