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Interviews
Dinty W. Moore: Poking Fun at Hell and Dante's Inferno
By Robert Lee Brewer
Mar 2, 2021
Interviews
Arisa White: Putting the Pieces Together
By Robert Lee Brewer
Mar 1, 2021
Interviews
Mark Henick: On Memory, Healing, and Languishing Projects
By Robert Lee Brewer
Jan 13, 2021
Interviews
Darien Hsu Gee: Making the Most Out of Micro
By Robert Lee Brewer
Dec 9, 2020
Memoir
Your Own Worst Enemy: Writing Villains in Memoir
By William Kenower
Jan 31, 2020
Memoir
But This Really Happened: What to Include and Leave Out of a Memoir
By Timothy Hillegonds
Oct 28, 2019
Breaking In Writers Digest
Building The Yellow House: An Interview With National Book Award Finalist Sarah M. Broom
By Cassandra Lipp
Oct 11, 2019
Memoir
How to Write a Compelling Memoir (and Stay Sane in the Process)
By Tanja Pajevic
Oct 9, 2019
Memoir
Writing About Your Life Without Ruining Your Relationships
By Mark Guerin
Aug 26, 2019
Publishing Insights
Breaking In: Keah Brown on Going From Viral Hashtag Creator to Debut Memoir Author
By Cassandra Lipp
Aug 6, 2019
Memoir
Trauma: What Happens When We Put It On the Page?
By Karen Stefano
Jul 8, 2019
Interviews
Writing the Surreal: A Conversation with Author Steve Kissing
By Ericka McIntyre
Feb 12, 2019
Memoir
5 Steps to Overcoming Fears of Writing about the Deeply Personal in Your Memoir
By Guest Column
Jan 13, 2019
WD Podcasts
The Writer’s Digest Podcast, Episode 10: The Art of the Graphic Memoir
By Gabriela Pereira
Nov 2, 2018
Craft & Technique
5 Things to Consider When Structuring Your Memoir
By Cheryl Suchors
Sep 12, 2018
Memoir
How Much Should I Say? Choosing What to Include in a Memoir About a Sensitive Topic
By Guest Column
Aug 29, 2018
The Writer's Life
How I Stopped Sabotaging My Writing Goals: Confessions of a Late Bloomer
By Andrea Jarrell
Jul 18, 2018
Interviews
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Discusses the Power of Reading, His Writing Process, and His YA Memoir Becoming Kareem
By Barry Goodrich
May 24, 2018
There Are No Rules Blog by the Editors of Writer's Digest
Searching for the Forgotten: Recalling Details When Writing a Memoir
By Guest Column
May 22, 2018
The Writer's Life
How Writing Helped Me Transform from Worrier to Warrior
By Guest Column
Mar 13, 2018
Publishing Insights
The 10 Real Secrets of Nonfiction Publicity
By Guest Column
Mar 6, 2018
Publishing Insights
10 Easy Writing Prompts to Get Your Life Story Started
By Richard Campbell
Jan 4, 2018
Publishing Insights
When Your Memoir Wants To Be A Novel
By Guest Column
Dec 20, 2017
Writing Techniques
Based on a True Story: 4 Advantages to Fictionalizing the Truth
By Guest Column
Dec 11, 2017
