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When you set out to write your first book, there are a lot of challenging steps ahead. You have to plan, you have to develop, and you have to draft the thing, and of course you have to eventually get
When you’re writing your first memoir, it can be difficult to know what to expect. That can cause a lot of fear and anxiety, sometimes even to the point of stalling our progress.. As humans, we are hardwired to seek
In our cultural images of writers, we often imagine the writing process as having two modes: completely stuck or pouring words onto the page like you’ve opened a floodgate. Lately, we’ve been hearing from many memoir writers who have experienced
A few weeks ago, we talked about how to unstick your memoir when it feels caught in the mud and you know you’re not moving forward. But sometimes, the harder problem is a stuck memoir you don’t even recognize as
At Page and Podium Press, we’ve spent years working with writers, writing ourselves for clients and personal projects, and thinking, living and breathing all things writing, especially the amazing, transformative act of writing memoir. We love to hear from followers
“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
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
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
The New Year is a time of reflection and, often, promise-making. (Can you believe it’s 2026!?) We promise ourselves that this year, we’re going to be the best version of ourselves. We’re going to rise to a higher standard, accomplish
In the publishing and writing support industry, terminology tends to evolve and shift over time, especially as practices change. We’ve previously discussed commonly misunderstood publishing terms, and the number one term that’s misunderstood is “editor,” largely because there are so
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