The Biggest Mistake Memoir Writers Make

We’ve discussed mistake after mistake memoir writers make frequently in this blog and on our channel because we hate to see writers struggle and books go unfinished. We’ve talked about the mistakes we see from trying to go it alone

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Is it time to invest in your memoir?

Seeing a book all the way through to the shelf takes enormous time and labor. Most authors in contemporary publishing climes know that at some point, they will need to invest in their book project. Investment can take many forms,

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Top 5 Tips for Outlining Your Memoir

When you picture an outline, you might harken back to school days and shiver at the thought of all those Roman numerals and nit-picky formatting requirements. Many people associate outlines with stifled creativity or cookie-cutter essays. But outlining a long

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Do you know your memoir’s message?

A memoir is telling a real story from your life, but it’s actually quite a bit more than that. Crafting a memoir that resonates requires more than recounting events—it demands a well-defined, powerful message that runs like a spine through

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Write for You, Publish for your Audience

There’s a lot of confusing advice for new writers floating around out there, and lately we’ve noticed that the advice centered around how writers should consider their audience can seem downright contradictory. In fact, if you google “Should you write

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Memoir Mistakes that can Derail your Book

Writing any kind book can be a daunting task, but writing a memoir comes with its own set of specific hurdles that fiction, self-help, and academic writers don’t necessarily have face. In helping our coaching clients and Memoir Method group,

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How to Decide Where Your Memoir Ends

One of the common questions we get from our coaching clients and Memoir Method group is how to decide where your memoir ends. After all, in many ways, you’re still living the story. You’re not done learning yet, you have

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5 Common Memoir Mistakes

When starting any long project, we all dread thoughts of mistakes we might make. It is even enough to keep us from starting something for fear it might go wrong. No creative process is ever going to be perfect and

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Tools for a Successful Memoir

Writing a successful memoir takes more than just pouring words out onto the page. Long-form writing is a lot like building a house. When building a house, you have to keep that final form in mind. All the parts of

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