Memoir Craft
The Draft Nobody Reads: On the Value of Writing Badly First
The first draft of a memoir chapter is supposed to be bad. Not sort of bad. Actually bad. The bad first draft is not a failure. It is the po...
Memoir Craft
Where to Begin: The First Conversation of a Memoir Project
Most memoirs are not lost for lack of material. They are lost in the first hour, when the wrong questions get asked. Here is what the first...
Family Legacy
The Family Chapter Nobody Wants to Write
Every memoir has one chapter the writer has been avoiding. It is usually about a parent or a sibling. Here is why it is worth writing, and h...