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Sari Botton: On Finding Compassion Through Memoir
Interviews

Sari Botton: On Finding Compassion Through Memoir

By Robert Lee BrewerJun 14, 2022
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 BottonJun 7, 2022
Mark Kurlansky: On Coincidences Driving Memoir
Interviews

Mark Kurlansky: On Coincidences Driving Memoir

By Robert Lee BrewerMay 19, 2022
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. EngelMay 11, 2022
Florence Olajide: On Perseverance and Persistence Through Memoir
Interviews

Florence Olajide: On Perseverance and Persistence Through Memoir

By Robert Lee BrewerApr 22, 2022
How I Wrote My Memoir and Lost My Memories
Memoir

How I Wrote My Memoir and Lost My Memories

By Laura DavisOct 28, 2021
Laura Davis: On the Story That Begged To Be Told
Interviews

Laura Davis: On the Story That Begged To Be Told

By Robert Lee BrewerOct 18, 2021
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 BrewerOct 5, 2021
3 Tips for Writing a Memoir Everyone Wants to Read
Memoir

3 Tips for Writing a Memoir Everyone Wants to Read

By Tasha KeebleSep 15, 2021
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 CookJul 28, 2021
5-Minute Memoir: Anonymous Fame
Write Better Nonfiction

5-Minute Memoir: Anonymous Fame

By Barbara Neal VarmaJul 21, 2021
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 BrewerJun 6, 2021
Brian Broome: On Letting Other Genres Inspire You
Interviews

Brian Broome: On Letting Other Genres Inspire You

By Robert Lee BrewerMay 22, 2021
How to Approach Friends and Family About Your Memoir
Memoir

How to Approach Friends and Family About Your Memoir

By Ronit PlankMay 11, 2021
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Interviews

Negative Space: An Interview With Lilly Dancyger

By Cassandra LippMay 1, 2021
Writer's Digest March/April 2021 Cover featuring Carmen Maria Machado
From the Magazine

Writer's Digest March/April 2021 Issue Reveal

By Amy JonesMar 6, 2021
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 BrewerMar 2, 2021
Arisa White: Putting the Pieces Together
Interviews

Arisa White: Putting the Pieces Together

By Robert Lee BrewerMar 1, 2021
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Writing Techniques

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

By Heidi McCrarySep 29, 2020
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Interviews

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

By Robert Lee BrewerSep 29, 2020
villains in memoir
Memoir

Your Own Worst Enemy: Writing Villains in Memoir

By William KenowerJan 31, 2020
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Writing Techniques

10 Ways To Hook Your Reader (and Reel Them in for Good)

By Ann GarvinAug 9, 2016
7 Tips for Writing About Trauma
Memoir

7 Tips For Writing About Trauma

By Kelley ClinkJun 16, 2015
6 Tips for Writing About Music
Writing Techniques

6 Tips for Writing About Music

By Kenny WeissbergMar 24, 2014