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Despite what your junior high English teacher taught you, there are several “writing rules” you can safely ignore when writing a memoir. Let’s look at three of them. Please follow and likeRead More…
There are many ways to start off a memoir, ranging from the conventional to the startling, the conversational to the literary, the deceptively mundane to the outspokenly confrontational. You can begin aRead More…
Where do you start a military memoir? Do you start a military memoir in the midst of the climatic battle? Before, or after? Do you open with the story of your training?Read More…
How to start a sports memoir – examples from the stars The “how to start a sports memoir” question can be answered in many ways. You can start with a key momentRead More…
Not sure how to start a political memoir? There are many possibilities, for you can begin by highlighting either yourself or the “politics part,” the campaign, issue, office, or other piece ofRead More…
Not sure how to start a family memoir? How and where to start a family memoir? As you can see in the five examples below, it’s quite common to begin with you,Read More…
Wondering how to start a celebrity memoir? How to start a celebrity memoir can be a tricky issue, for the readers know and love the authors – or, at least, the authors’Read More…
The question of how to write your autobiography has stopped many people dead in their tracks. They’d like to record their life stories, but aren’t sure how to go about it. ManyRead More…
Begin a memoir by setting the tone with the first sentence What’s the best way to begin a memoir? That’s an important question, for many prospective readers will pluck your memoir from theRead More…
How to start an autobiography can be a tricky issue. Do you begin with your birth? With a description of your parents, or maybe even your grandparents? With the first notable thingRead More…
Writing a memoir is definitely a challenge. Here are some tips to help keep things moving along. Tip #1 – Think theme Begin by thinking carefully about your theme. The theme is yourRead More…
Not sure how to start a memoir? Engage the readers Writers have wrestled with the “how to start a memoir” question since quill pen was first put to papyrus. And there’s no singleRead More…
Where do writers get great memoir ideas? In The Glass Castle: A Memoir, Jeannette Walls wrote about her very unusual childhood and bizarre parents. In 700 Sundays, Billy Crystal wrote about growingRead More…
