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Memoir 5 Tips for Figuring Out the Structure of Your Memoir

I have a confession to make: I’m an accidental memoirist. Writing a memoir was never on my career roadmap or vision board. I’ve always considered myself an essayist and a…

Personal Writing Writing Through the Troubles J.D. Mathes

Memoir The Parent Trap: Writing Responsibly About Your Child Abby Alten Schwartz

Memoir The Ethics of Writing About Real People—Especially the Ones You Once Loved Kelly Foster Lundquist

Memoir My First Editor Was My Father: Writing a Memoir With Spatial Dyslexia Amber M. Brookman

Memoir When We Need More Than a Disclaimer for Memoir Marsh Rose

Personal Essays On Blending Memoir and Theory to Survive Zefyr Lisowski

Annual Competition Writer’s Digest 94th Annual Competition Memoir/Personal Essay First Place Winner: “The Dead Whale”Moriah Richard

Creative Nonfiction Writing P.E. Moskowitz: Don’t Be Afraid To Experiment Robert Lee Brewer

Memoir What’s in a Name?: How to Title a Memoir Hendrika de Vries

Memoir Artis Henderson: Start Writing Before You Think You’re Ready Robert Lee Brewer

Memoir Austin Channing Brown: Read Your Book Out Loud From Beginning to End Robert Lee Brewer

Memoir Halina St. James: The Story Developed a Life of Its Own Robert Lee Brewer

Memoir Saying Enough or Too Much in Memoir Ana Hebra Flaster

Memoir Sonita Alizada: Resilience Is Not a Single Act but a Lifelong Process Robert Lee Brewer

Memoir Writing With Immediacy in Memoir Christine Kalafus

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