Monday Focus: Your memoir is not an amoeba: a memoir needs form.
Today is Monday, and it’s a great day to write a bit on your memoir! Your story is not formless; it is not an amoeba. A memoir needs form. You must give your memoir the backbone your readers want and need! Your memoir calls for structure to make as forceful a statement as it can […]
Need a Manuscript Review?
Friends and family love your memoir. They say you are an outstanding writer, but you’re not sure. Perhaps you need a manuscript review. See inside. (more…)
Monday Focus: “Commit to staying the course.”
Your commitment to writing your memoir must be ongoing. Today, I’m offering tactics to help sustain your motivation to finish your memoir. (more…)
Monday Focus: “Trying to Write” Your Memoir
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. (more…)
More memoir-writing resources at The Memoir Network.
“Free” can take you only so far. For more resources to take you deeper into memoir writing, explore these resources. (more…)
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.! (more…)
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. (more…)
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 […]