Why do people write memoirs? For the same reasons we gossip, go to movies, read fiction and biographies and memoirs, attend the theater, follow the lives of celebrities or get wrapped up in soap ...

Next weekend, I’m facilitating a memoir-writing workshop focusing on writing for transformation. I’ll be sharing information based upon my forthcoming book, Writing for Bliss: A Seven-Step Plan for ...

The now-famous second line of Charles Dickens’ David Copperfield reads, “To begin my life with the beginning of my life, I record that I was born.” Now, David Copperfield “A lifelong child of often ...

FITCHBURG — Have you ever wanted to try your hand at writing your memoirs? Research has shown that writing is good for memory and recall, and problem-solving. Writing about our past helps to solidify ...

WHAT – A two-part series led by David Nickell, a professor at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith. Participants will learn about the craft of memoir writing, review sample memoirs, and brainstorm ...

This course will help aspiring memoirists differentiate between vulnerability and exposition. We’ll learn what the difference between the two are and what makes an author’s memoir resonate with its ...

If you can’t write your own memoir, store-bought is fine. Ina Garten announced that her latest book, “Be Ready When the Luck Happens,” won’t be filled with recipes, but rather her life story. The ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Brennan Barnard writes about the nuances of college admission. What if you were limited to 650 words to write your memoir? Upon ...

-- "How to Write Your Life Story" by Ralph Fletcher; HarperCollins ($15.99) "How to Write Your Life Story" by Ralph Fletcher is designed to motivate young readers to become outstanding writers. Even ...

Former L.A. County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky walks the long hallway filled with photographs and newspaper clips chronicling his career. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times) Writing a memoir is an act of ...

Listen to ASCO’s Journal of Clinical Oncology Art of Oncology article, "Writing a Medical Memoir: Lessons From a Long, Steep Road” by David Marks, consultant at University Hospitals Bristol NHS ...