Did you combine/collapse characters and time in your story? If yes, what were the factors that led to your decision to do that and what was the result?.How did the issue of truth arise as you wrote? Did you have doubts about the truth of your story, or did other people’s take on the story influence you?.Support and accountability: what factors or people helped you to keep writing?.What were your reasons for writing your memoir?.Did you have “outer critics”-voices of family and friends-who challenged the idea of you writing a memoir? What did they say and how did you cope with that?.What kinds of things did your inner critic say as you wrote your memoir and how did you get past them?.
What challenges have you dealt with-craft, emotional surprises, wrestling with truth?. We do not intend for you to try to cover all of these points, nor are you limited to what we list here. The following points are prompts to get you thinking about the range of essays you might write for Magic of Memoir. For Magic of Memoir, editors Linda Joy Myers, President of the National Association of Memoir Writers, and Brooke Warner, Publisher of She Writes Press, are looking for a broad perspective and specific tips on the discipline and inspiration you used to write your memoir. Tell us what inspired you, what kept you going, and most of all why you tackled the challenge of writing a memoir. Share with us the lessons you learned from the mistakes you made on this journey, and how you overcame them. We want to learn how you dealt with the inner critic, or the practical strategies that provided motivation to write about the dark times your story might have brought up. In this collection, we are asking writers to share their stories of hard-earned wisdom. We want to know from you how you solved these problems. Then there are the challenges of craft-how to find the structure and words that convey your message. Everyone who sets out to write a memoir encounters its stages-from the excitement of starting to the dread that invariably comes when you’re facing down your demons. SUBMIT TO OUR NEW ANTHOLOGY, THE MAGIC OF MEMOIR (NOVEMBER 2016 PUBLICATION DATE):įrom teaching memoir for so many years, we have learned from our students, and well-known memoir writers, how challenging the journey can be-from mining for memories and experiences to the point of completing a well-written memoir.
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