5 Tips for Starting Your Memoir. 1. Write memoir, not autobiography. An autobiography is the story of an entire life, but a memoir is just one story from that life.

You don't have to be a professional writer to capture your stories in a meaningful way; there's a little bit of the storyteller in all of us.

While writing a book-length personal story can be one of the most rewarding writing endeavors you will ever undertake, it's important to know not only how to write about your personal experiences ...

5 tips for writing a memoir : Life Kit Everyone has a story to tell. Writing a memoir is more than just documenting your life — it can help you process what you've gone through, ...

We asked her to share her writing experience and some tips on how to pen our own life stories. - Kathy Saunders Kerry Kriseman’s memoir, “Accidental First Lady: On the Front Lines (and Behind ...

Writer Anne Lamott’s Difficult Personal Truths. The Bird By Bird author discusses her new book about love, her proclivity for deeply honest memoir writing, and some of her go-to advice about ...

Three authors and a composer will speak on "Writing with Hope from Hurt & Hardship" during a free workshop from 9 a.m.-noon Saturday, Aug. 26.

She said memoir writing is a generic term for retelling of one's life. In contrast, a guided autobiography class "has a particular protocol, specific goals and is a therapeutic process." Her class ...