We call memoir professionals those individuals who are helping people to write their memoirs whether as a teacher of memoir writing or as a memoir coach, editor or ghostwriter.
We’ve noticed—as you must have—that interest in memoir writing is running higher than ever. Perhaps you’ve asked yourself why shouldn’t you, too, capitalize on this fact to make best use of your talents and interest by helping people to write their memoirs!
Well, you can capitalize on this trend. There’s no reason you shouldn’t. By understanding and implementing the suggestions of the posts below, you will set yourself up to be a successful Memoir Professional. That’s what we call people who do memoir work.
In the posts below, you will find much information about how to launch and sustain yourself. The intent of these posts is to help you to learn to be a contented and profitable memoir professional.
These articles—plus our our university-quality training—will guide you in the process. There is no need to reinvent the wheel. We lay out here for you much of what we learned over a number of years.
Being a memoir professional requires adherence to some best practices of of business. Some things work and some things don’t! Yo have to learn the difference.
In the end, unless you are supported by a pension or a trust fund, you will have to make your memoir work support you. It can be done. Many others—just like you —have done so.
Good luck and let us know how you are doing.
Launching Your Memoir Teaching – 6 Steps To More Success
Many memoir writers secretly, or not so secretly, want to help other people to write their memoirs. Sometimes they do this informally with a friend or two, and at other times, they get a bit more organized and offer a class at a library or other institution. One thing is certain, launching your memoir teaching will take some attention.
I have taught workshops for decades and can attest to the deep satisfaction I have derived from working with writers. I have formed friendships that have lasted these many years.
If you would like to offer a memoir class here are a few tips to do so more successfully. They are garnered from sound business practices, but don’t worry as they are easy for anyone to implement.
(I have written about the curriculum elsewhere.)
1. Reconnect with people who told you they want to be in a workshop within a few days of having first spoken to them.
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Teaching Memoir Writing – 3 Tips For Making Your Vision Real
Writing a vision statement about teaching memoir writing can be stimulating for you as a Memoir Professional. Your memoir writing company’s vision statement is a personal reminder you make to yourself about how the work you are planning will sustain you emotionally and make you into a better person. A vision statement is usually about the person writing it. (The mission statement, on the other hand, is about what you will give to the public.)
Here are some ideas for writing a great vision statement. (No venture should be without one!)
1. In your vision statement, your eros needs to be written large.
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What Kind of Person Does Well as a Memoir Network Affiliate?
I have identified the kind of person who does well as a Memoir Network Affiliate. Are you one of these sorts of people? If so you are probably a person who could do well as a Memoir Network Affiliate.
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Become Adept In Your Genre
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