Memoir writing

Looking for memoir writing advice? Check out these do's and don'ts for struggling memoir writers.

Learn the key components of your first chapters if you're getting a memoir ready for a publisher in this post from author Louisa Deasey.

How to outline your memoir using a simple 3 step process. Make sure you write a memoir outline before you start drafting the manuscript!

Editor and author Kelly Notaras shares 5 secrets for writing a strong and solid memoir outline that will hook readers and get you results!

When I wrote my huge guide to book writing (Book Craft) I cut out all the nonfiction tips and strategies last minute; I’d already explored a bunch of material in my writing courses but wasn’t quite ready to share the nonfiction resources. Mainly, because, while I’m proud of the detailed 24 chapter novel outlining templates, […]

Creative Writer Worksheet – Writing Memoirs (PDF) This week’s worksheet is for the memoirists among us – those writers whose lives are their masterpiece. Or is that every one of us, after all? “How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live” – Henry David Thoreau.

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Use these memoir topics and ideas for middle school and high school in your classroom to help your students learn how to start a memoir!

Ensuring a solid memoir theme can connect readers more deeply to your story. Learn which universal themes to apply and download your free exercise!

How to write memoir depends on how you want to represent true life events. Memoirs, like fiction, need hooks; immersive showing. Learn more.