Memoir ideas

Writing a memoir is about more than just telling your life story. It's about writing it in a way that encompasses you in a creative way readers love.

Use these memoir ideas and topics for middle school and high school in your classroom to help your students learn how to start a memoir!

Agents, #publishers and editors all want a first chapter that inspires them to keep reading. So how do you #write a first chapter that's compelling and exciting? Read the post for what you need to include to make the beginning of a personal #story a page-turner. #memoir #publishing #writingadvice

Creative Writer Worksheet – Writing Memoirs (PDF) This week’s worksheet is for the memoirists among us – those writers whose lives are their masterpiece. Or is that every one of us, after all? “How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live” – Henry David Thoreau.

May 14, 2021 - How to outline your memoir using a simple 3 step process. Make sure you write a memoir outline before you start drafting the manuscript!

Memoirs are really just personal #stories, and the ones that sell well to readers follow certain #storytelling themes, styles and structures. It makes sense - humans emotionally and even physically crave a good #story that fulfils certain archetypes and storytelling is as old as time! Read the full blog to learn 3 types of story structure you can use for your memoir as well as examples of bestselling #memoirs in each category, and one key thing each story type much include.

Not sure what questions or life lessons you want to write on? Begin with these 63 memoir writing prompts that will give you inspiring writing ideas.

Learn how to create perfect settings in your memoir and find out the unintended consequences of a lack of setting details.

When I wrote my huge guide to book writing (Book Craft) I cut out all the nonfiction tips and strategies last minute; I’d already explored a bunch of material in my writing courses but wasn’t quite ready to share the nonfiction resources. Mainly, because, while I’m proud of the detailed 24 chapter novel outlining templates, […]

How to Write Your Memoir in 30 Days is a great book to help you write your life's story using daily prompts, questions to ponder, and issues to consider.