http://www.writersdigest.com/rss.aspx?p_PageAlias=Memoir en-us Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:44:49 GMT Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:44:49 GMT http://www.writersdigest.com//article/?p_ArticleId=5629 "I frankly think that whenever a form looks exhausted, that's exactly the point at which you should swoop in and pry it apart and see what makes it tick."]]> Mon, 11 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.writersdigest.com//article/?p_ArticleId=5629 http://www.writersdigest.com//article/?p_ArticleId=17281
by Steve Zousmer
]]> Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.writersdigest.com//article/?p_ArticleId=17281 http://www.writersdigest.com//article/?p_ArticleId=6863 In this excerpt from Writing Life Stories, Bill Roorbach teaches you how to pay attention to and translate your memories and how to overcome your resistance to remembered places and events.]]> Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.writersdigest.com//article/?p_ArticleId=6863 http://www.writersdigest.com//article/?p_ArticleId=9083
by Jordan E. Rosenfeld]]> Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.writersdigest.com//article/?p_ArticleId=9083 http://www.writersdigest.com//article/?p_ArticleId=5536 Tips from Frank McCourt, Mimi Schwartz and others on how to look at your story, how to make it significant.]]> Mon, 11 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.writersdigest.com//article/?p_ArticleId=5536 http://www.writersdigest.com//article/?p_ArticleId=15621
By Matt Rothschild]]> Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.writersdigest.com//article/?p_ArticleId=15621 http://www.writersdigest.com//article/?p_ArticleId=17280
by Steve Zousmer
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by Karen S. Wiesner]]> Tue, 20 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.writersdigest.com//article/?p_ArticleId=11804 http://www.writersdigest.com//article/?p_ArticleId=5638 Writing Life Stories: "Vague references hurt your writing. Find uses of recently, and references to generic objects and anonymous people, then get specific. When did it happen? What year and model was that car? Uncover the name of your mysterious neighbor. This sounds elementary, but even expert writers catch the]]> Mon, 11 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.writersdigest.com//article/?p_ArticleId=5638 http://www.writersdigest.com//article/?p_ArticleId=5470 Telling your life story is big business these days. Edrienne L. Kittredge shares seven tips for deciding whether the skeleton in your closet needs to be shared with the world.]]> Mon, 11 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.writersdigest.com//article/?p_ArticleId=5470 http://www.writersdigest.com//article/?p_ArticleId=5418 It's the extraordinary story that interests readers. But it's how you present it that hooks them.]]> Mon, 11 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.writersdigest.com//article/?p_ArticleId=5418 http://www.writersdigest.com//article/?p_ArticleId=11824 —From WD's Writer's Workbook section]]> Thu, 22 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.writersdigest.com//article/?p_ArticleId=11824 http://www.writersdigest.com//article/?p_ArticleId=8909
by Chris Baty]]> Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.writersdigest.com//article/?p_ArticleId=8909 http://www.writersdigest.com//article/?p_ArticleId=5152 Augusten Burroughs wrote through his life as an abandoned child, high school dropout and alcoholic—and somehow found sanity, sobriety and success along the way.]]> Mon, 11 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.writersdigest.com//article/?p_ArticleId=5152 http://www.writersdigest.com//article/?p_ArticleId=8924
by Jordan E. Rosenfeld]]> Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.writersdigest.com//article/?p_ArticleId=8924 http://www.writersdigest.com//article/?p_ArticleId=6603
by Marion Elizabeth Rodgers]]> Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.writersdigest.com//article/?p_ArticleId=6603 http://www.writersdigest.com//article/?p_ArticleId=6849 Bill Roorbach, author of Writing Life Stories, has publications in both creative nonfiction (memoir, essays, nature writing) and fiction (novel, short stories). He's also the William H.P. Jenks Chair in Contemporary American Letters at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts. The advice he emphasizes is this: Write every day.]]> Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.writersdigest.com//article/?p_ArticleId=6849 http://www.writersdigest.com//article/?p_ArticleId=5226 An interesting life and excellent writing are key to a compelling memoir. Learn the elements that will help make your story stand out from the rest of the pack.]]> Mon, 11 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.writersdigest.com//article/?p_ArticleId=5226 http://www.writersdigest.com//article/?p_ArticleId=5161 It takes a lot more than writing your heart on the page to sell a book. Here are three lessons in perseverance one writer learned the hard way.]]> Mon, 11 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.writersdigest.com//article/?p_ArticleId=5161 http://www.writersdigest.com//article/?p_ArticleId=5778 Writing a memoir can be a challenging experience. Writer''s Digest offers some helpful suggestions to make the process a little easier.]]> Mon, 11 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.writersdigest.com//article/?p_ArticleId=5778 http://www.writersdigest.com//article/?p_ArticleId=5407 You Can Write a Memoir]]> Mon, 11 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.writersdigest.com//article/?p_ArticleId=5407 http://www.writersdigest.com//article/?p_ArticleId=5523 "This is not joy. This is not pleasure. Writing is work, and the most difficult work is inhabiting someone who is not you."]]> Mon, 11 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.writersdigest.com//article/?p_ArticleId=5523 http://www.writersdigest.com//article/?p_ArticleId=5359 Capture your family stories in writing using these eight tips.]]> Mon, 11 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.writersdigest.com//article/?p_ArticleId=5359 http://www.writersdigest.com//article/?p_ArticleId=5429 The authors of two explosive memoirs talk about the fears that held them back—and why they wrote their books anyway. Could telling your own story be the corrective you need, too?]]> Mon, 11 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.writersdigest.com//article/?p_ArticleId=5429 http://www.writersdigest.com//article/?p_ArticleId=5512 Writing Creative Nonfiction.]]> Mon, 11 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.writersdigest.com//article/?p_ArticleId=5512