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Stop Rushing Your Memoir
Writing a memoir is a big project, and for many first-time authors, one of the first struggles they face is determining exactly how long it should take to write. Many authors, especially when they feel compelled to write a memoir
How long should your memoir be?
“It should be as long as it needs to be.” This advice is well-intended, meant to encourage writers to focus on substance over benchmarks. However, it can also lead first-time astray and leave them trying to feel their way through
Using a Unique Structure for Memoir
If you’ve been following our content for some time, you know we are structure queens, and we emphasize the need to have a clear structure for your memoir as early in the process as possible, as that is one of
Resuming Writing after Pausing your Memoir
Pre-writing, development, chapter train, revisions, edits—when you understand the whole process and have it laid out in front of you like a well-marked road, it can feel like there would be no reason at all to stop you from finishing
Do you really need to outline your memoir?
Book ideas, when they live in our minds, feel beautiful, complete, and shiny. Because we can feel how connected and intricate the story and ideas are together, sometimes it feels like we should be able to start writing and follow
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