How can you go wrong knowing more about how to write a memoir?

We can say emphatically that you can't!

Our experience tells us that the higher your skill level, the more easily and the more deeply you will write.

~ Do you want to jumpstart your memoir? It's stalled, and you don't know how to get it going.

~ You have written large parts of your memoir, but you know it needs fixing. How to do that?

~ You've written your memoir, but you know it needs something more. If you knew what and how, you'd already have done it.

Below are MANY resources to help you learn better memoir writing.

1. Your free options:

My Memoir Education

~ The?My Memoir Education?membership is free as it gets. There is no fee for this program which offers you much by way of long-distance learning: e-courses, e-books, interviews with master writers, whitepapers, bi-weekly Writers' Guides (in-depth articles on the art and craft of memoir writing), and more. Learn memoir writing via this free membership—and you can't beat the price!

We want to signal that My Memoir Education contains the free ten-part?Introduction to Memoir Writing Program?to jumpstart your writing. Do not miss it.

I purchased Denis' book,?Turning Memories Into Memoirs,?years ago but had lost track of it. I went online looking for it again and discovered his website and all its resources. Wow!

Ebooks and ecourses

~ The?Start to Write Your Memoir?program is a free five-lesson e-course delivered to your inbox that shows you where to start to write your story and how to remember more than you ever thought possible. You'll learn to mine your photos, journals and other materials on hand to bring depth to your memoir as well as how to come to terms with disappointment and impatience. Start to write your memoir the right way!

~ The?Memoir Writer's Blog?contains over 500 posts that are available to you as a member of My Memoir Education. The posts range from technical how-to posts, to tips for an effective memoir start, to how to deal with painful memories, to telling the truth, to almost anything you'd want to know as a writer from motivation pieces to excerpts of published memoirs. And it's free.

~ The?Memoir Professional's Blog?is geared to writers who are interested in teaching memoir writing in their communities. If you think you would enjoy sharing your writing gifts and experience with others and would welcome some heads-up with how to go about doing so,?sign up?to receive the free ebook,?Jumpstart Your Memoir Business,?and be alerted as new blog posts as they are published.

In addition to the book, you will also receive a ten-lesson program via email when you sign-up to help you launch yourself as a memoir professional. Don't miss out.

~?21 Must Do Memoir Writing Tasks?is an ebook that fleshes out of the post?How to write a memoir: Our 21 Best Memoir-Writing Tips to get you writing your memoir—quickly and well—and getting it into the hands of your public.?It is available free on our site. With this freebie we do ask a return favor. We would so appreciate if you left a review on?Amazon. Even a review as short as "This little book got me excited to write again" or "Denis Ledoux shows in this book that he knows his stuff" or even "Loved this." Of course, if you want to write a longer appreciation, that is great too. Your help is so appreciated. This book is the lead to our?Memoir Network Writing Book Series.

~ An?excerpt?from?Writer's Time: Management That Works. This is a program developed to help writers to master their time management skills. Even so short an exposure as this free download is sure to help you master your writing schedule.

The Memoir Network on YouTube

For lots of audio memoir-writing information from us, be sure to sign up for our YouTube channel.?CLICK HERE?to visit The Memoir Network channel on YouTube.

We will be sending you a list of our fee-based solutions soon.

If you appreciate the info in this newsletter and are finding it useful to you as a writer, you will definitely like the Memoir Network website. We have 600+ free blog posts on every topic of writing as well as free ebooks, videos, and writing courses. For starters, download our book, 21 Must-Do, Memoir-Writing Tasks.

Good luck with your writing and remember to write a bit on your memoir today. And remember: “Inch by inch, it’s a cinch; yard by yard, it’s hard.”

Good luck writing your stories!

Keep writing. Manage your time well. Your memoir is important.

Best,

Denis and The Memoir Network Team