memoir writing tips Archives - Women Writers, Women's Books https://booksbywomen.org/tag/memoir-writing-tips/ Thu, 09 Mar 2017 07:20:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 39938774 Tips For Staying Sane While Writing A Memoir https://booksbywomen.org/tips-for-staying-sane-while-writing-a-memoir-by-amy-baker/ https://booksbywomen.org/tips-for-staying-sane-while-writing-a-memoir-by-amy-baker/#comments Thu, 09 Mar 2017 06:30:38 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=18212 “You can do this” “No I can’t.” “Yes you can, just focus.” “I think I’m just going to go for another walk and then eat a biscuit” “Okay fine – but then back to work. You have a book to write.” “Blergh.” This was me. Having a chat with myself in the bathroom mirror for […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/tips-for-staying-sane-while-writing-a-memoir-by-amy-baker/feed/ 7 18212 Memoir Writing Tips https://booksbywomen.org/memoir-writing-tips-by-heidi-siefkas/ https://booksbywomen.org/memoir-writing-tips-by-heidi-siefkas/#comments Mon, 01 Sep 2014 04:00:47 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=12154 Heidi Siefkas wrote a memoir about her extraordinary story of survival. We asked her if she could share some memoir writing tips with us. Writing a memoir is an all-in, unveiling of your most private experiences to the world. It’s not a sneak peek, but the whole enchilada whether good, bad, or Montezuma’s revenge. I’m […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/memoir-writing-tips-by-heidi-siefkas/feed/ 7 12154 Memoir Writing: Can’t Find My Way Back Home https://booksbywomen.org/memoir-writing-by-ann-churcher/ https://booksbywomen.org/memoir-writing-by-ann-churcher/#comments Sun, 27 Oct 2013 04:00:55 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=10019 memoir writing Listening to Steve Winwood’s haunting Can’t Find My Way Home for the first time since 1969, I realised that was my dilemma too. At least twenty years ago I started jotting down memories of my childhood in Africa – in case I forgot them. I’d waited that long because I’d been working out […]

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