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5 Tips for Incorporating Sensitive Family Material Into a Memoir
Memoir

5 Tips for Incorporating Sensitive Family Material Into a Memoir

By Elisa Bernick
How You Know When the Time Is Right To Write a Memoir
Memoir

How You Know When the Time Is Right To Write a Memoir

By Peter Quinn
Lisa Nikolidakis: On Writing Emotionally Difficult Material
Interviews

Lisa Nikolidakis: On Writing Emotionally Difficult Material

By Robert Lee Brewer
How To Turn Artifacts and Research Into a Family Memoir
Memoir

How To Turn Artifacts and Research Into a Family Memoir

By Cornelia Maude Spelman
Sari Botton: On Finding Compassion Through Memoir
Interviews

Sari Botton: On Finding Compassion Through Memoir

By Robert Lee Brewer
A Different Angle: How To Revisit a Painful Past Without Re-Trigging Your Present
Memoir

A Different Angle: How To Revisit a Painful Past Without Re-Triggering Your Present

By Sari Botton
Mark Kurlansky: On Coincidences Driving Memoir
Interviews

Mark Kurlansky: On Coincidences Driving Memoir

By Robert Lee Brewer
Telling My Story: How to Work Through Painful Feelings While Writing a Memoir
Memoir

Telling My Story: How to Work Through Painful Feelings While Writing a Memoir

By Laura L. Engel
Florence Olajide: On Perseverance and Persistence Through Memoir
Interviews

Florence Olajide: On Perseverance and Persistence Through Memoir

By Robert Lee Brewer
How I Wrote My Memoir and Lost My Memories
Memoir

How I Wrote My Memoir and Lost My Memories

By Laura Davis
Laura Davis: On the Story That Begged To Be Told
Interviews

Laura Davis: On the Story That Begged To Be Told

By Robert Lee Brewer
Bobby and Cheryl Love: On the Power of Telling Your Own Story
Interviews

Bobby and Cheryl Love: On the Power of Telling Your Own Story

By Robert Lee Brewer
3 Tips for Writing a Memoir Everyone Wants to Read
Memoir

3 Tips for Writing a Memoir Everyone Wants to Read

By Tasha Keeble
About Us: How to Handle Your Story That Involves Other People
Writing Advice

About Us: How to Handle Your Story That Involves Other People

By Amy Cook
5-Minute Memoir: Anonymous Fame
Write Better Nonfiction

5-Minute Memoir: Anonymous Fame

By Barbara Neal Varma
Marilyn Peterson Haus: On Battling Feelings of Disloyalty When Writing Memoir
Interviews

Marilyn Peterson Haus: On Battling Feelings of Disloyalty When Writing Memoir

By Robert Lee Brewer
Brian Broome: On Letting Other Genres Inspire You
Interviews

Brian Broome: On Letting Other Genres Inspire You

By Robert Lee Brewer
How to Approach Friends and Family About Your Memoir
Memoir

How to Approach Friends and Family About Your Memoir

By Ronit Plank
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Interviews

Negative Space: An Interview With Lilly Dancyger

By Cassandra Lipp
Writer's Digest March/April 2021 Cover featuring Carmen Maria Machado
From the Magazine

Writer's Digest March/April 2021 Issue Reveal

By Amy Jones
Dinty W. Moore: Poking Fun at Hell and Dante's Inferno
Interviews

Dinty W. Moore: Poking Fun at Hell and Dante's Inferno

By Robert Lee Brewer
Arisa White: Putting the Pieces Together
Interviews

Arisa White: Putting the Pieces Together

By Robert Lee Brewer
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Writing Techniques

When a Memoir Is a Novel: The Thin Line Between Fabricated Fact and Real Fiction

By Heidi McCrary
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Interviews

Lee Gutkind: The Godfather Behind Creative Nonfiction Takes on Memoir for the First Time

By Robert Lee Brewer