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Active Voice vs. Passive Voice: How I Stopped Floating Through Sentences and Took the Helm in My Memoir

Award-winning author Leslie Johansen Nack breaks down the difference of active voice vs. passive voice and how they impact memoir writing.

Leslie Johansen Nack

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

Saying Enough or Too Much in Memoir Ana Hebra Flaster

Writing With Immediacy in Memoir Christine Kalafus

On Finding, Losing, and Re-finding the Magic Katy Grabel

The Messy House of Memoir Jill Bialosky

The Art of Imagination and Finding Voice in Memoir Natasha Williams

Writing as Architecture: Notes on Building vs. Writing Your Memoir Rebe Huntman

Why I Decided to Write a Memoir—And How I Did It Julie Ryan McGue

Using Old Diary Entries to Piece Together a Memoir Cornelia Maude Spelman

9 Things I’ve Learned Writing a Memoir Charles Bock

3 Breakthroughs That Helped Me Shift From Writing Fiction to Writing Memoir Anna Monardo

5 Unconventional Ways to Structure Your Memoir Gina DeMillo Wagner

How to Write a Memoir That’s Personal—and Deeply Researched Greg Wrenn

How My Writing Changed From Journalist to Memoirist Margaret Juhae Lee

Things I Learned From Writing My Memoir Alfred J. Lakritz

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