Telling Your Life Story Via Its Meaning
Many authors set out to write their life stories believing they must tell the entire tale from beginning to end, including all the bits in… Read More »Telling Your Life Story Via Its Meaning
Memoir/Autobiography
Welcome to our “Memoir/Autobiography” page, which is where you’ll find our articles on the the art and science of writing your life story. Enjoy the articles and if you’d like help ghostwriting your book, give us a call!
The Autobiographical Novel – Telling the Truth, But Not Quite!
It’s a common problem. You’re eagerly writing the story of your life from beginning to end when suddenly you get to that jerk you’d love… Read More »The Autobiographical Novel – Telling the Truth, But Not Quite!
How to Write a Memoir
10 tips to help you write your memoir. An introduction to memoir themes, characters, selecting your first words, dealing with “unpleasant truths,” writing rules, and more.
How to Find Your Memoir Writer’s Voice
The “voice” you speak with is not necessarily the voice you want to use in your memoir. Learn about the different types of voices, and how to find the best one for your book.
Marketing Your Memoir Before Your Finish It
When you’re in the midst of writing, the last thing you may be thinking about is marketing your memoir. After all, isn’t it better to handle… Read More »Marketing Your Memoir Before Your Finish It
Agents Who Represent Memoirs & Biographies
A list of 68 agents you can contact to represent your memoir, biography, or autobiography – with a list to each agent’s website.
How to Write Your Autobiography
Are you struggling to write your autobiography? Not sure where to begin and what to include? Here are 6 tips to get your started.
8 Great Ways to Start a Memoir
There are many ways to start off a memoir, ranging from the conventional to the startling, the conversational to the literary, and the deceptively mundane to the outspokenly confrontational. Here’s a look at eight great techniques, with examples.
How to Start a Military Memoir
There are several ways to begin a military memoir, including starting as you head off to war, starting after you’ve retired and are looking back, starting by explaining why you joined up, and starting shortly after your enlistment has ended. A look at these techniques, with examples.
How to Start a Sports Memoir
You can start a sports memoir at the moment you’re down and out, by describing a feeling no one else understands, just before the big event, and early in childhood, where it all began. A look at these techniques, with examples.
How to Start a Political Memoir
There are numerous ways to begin a political memoir, including at the moment when all seems lost, at a time of great crisis, with an interesting realization, and as your time in office is coming to an end. A look at these techniques, with examples.
How to Start a Family Memoir
Popular family memoirs often begin with a discussion of an object that hold memories, by describing what sets your and your family apart, with a recitation of family facts, and by talking about the thing that has loomed so very large in your family’s life. A look at these techniques, with examples.
How to Start a Celebrity Memoir
Here are five examples of the opening paragraphs from popular celebrity memoirs. As you can see, some celebrity memoirs begin by highlighting the celeb’s persona, while other have tried to pull back the curtain to reveal the real person underneath it all.
How to Start an Autobiography – 4 Great Examples
Examples of how to begin your life story, from the autobiographies of John Denver, Nelson Mandela, Ronald Reagan, and American sniper Chris Kyle.
How to Start a Memoir
Learn six bestselling techniques of beginning a memoir, including “make them wonder,” “make them smile,” “make them relate,” and “make they sympathize.” Includes examples of each of the six techniques, taken from popular books.