Memoirs: More Than Just What Happened
Memoirs require depth and not merely what transpired during the slice of life being recounted through story. The writer needs to look up from her reminiscing, and explain the wider …
Beginnings: As in Where to Begin My Memoir
On a journey to a better beginning for the memoir Beginnings are the most important part of books, I feel, be it memoir or …
The Voice in Memoir
Be true to your voice in memoir Restructuring the memoir is fine. Works in progress go through many revisions. The first draft is usually…ahem…vomit, anyway. Okay, at least mine are. …
The Need for Universal Questions or Themes in Memoir
Darlings everywhere! Where’s the meat? The necessity to attend college brings to mind the universal questions through which to filter my story. To build suspense, I need to show the …