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Writing memoir when you’ve forgotten the details
When reading a scene, often the details give the narrative an immediacy that helps us connect and visualize the story as it’s unfolding for us. However, when writing memoir, you are often relying on something that is famously fallible and
How to start your memoir when “The End” is still unfolding
When you are in the development stage of writing, one of the first major decisions you will need to make is how to bracket the book—where the narrative starts and where it ends. Memoir is not biography, so those bookends
5 Writing “Rules” that Sabatoge your Memoir
Nothing makes us more hesitant to try something than the feeling that there are rules that everyone else understands, but that we don’t know yet. It comes from fear of trying something and failing because of what we didn’t know
Anatomy of a Memoir Outline
An outline for your memoir isn’t just a collection of notes, a basic sketch or an unnecessary busy-work step before you start drafting. Neither are they formulaic cages that trap you or suck the fun out of the process. As
Self-Publishing with Excellence
Creating a beautiful and professional book involves more than just writing the copy, but more and more there are options for writers who want to bring their work to market themselves. When we work with new or aspiring authors, we
Are you your own gatekeeper?
In the contemporary consciousness, we have learned to recognize “gatekeepers” as figures that stand, like St. Peter, before doors we want to pass through, policing who belongs in which spaces. Publishing is no exception to this idea. While there are