• Some Practical Tips on How to Start a Memoir by Trevor Johnson - If you are someone who feels as though they have lived an interesting life, you might decide one day to record it all in a book. There are plenty of normal people who have lived extraordinary lives that many readers have appreciated in novel form. Go to Article |

• Teaching a Memoir Workshop - Easy is Usually Not Best by Denis Ledoux - In leading memoir writing workshops, the teacher's task is to help individuals to go through and beyond two kinds of barriers to their writing: the technical and the psychological blocks that keep them from success. Go to Article |

• The Bottomless Notebook by Shery Ma Belle Arrieta-Russ - Here are a few things you can record in your notebook or journal, so that in case you run out of ideas to write about, you can refer to it. Go to Article |

• THE JOY OF JOURNALING by Lori S. Anton - Medical science has discovered what we writers have known for a long time...the benefits of journaling. According to research documented in the Journal of the American Medical Association, April 14, 1999, persons suffering from asthma and rheumatoid arthritis significantly reduce symptoms by "expressive writing." Writing about (stressful) life events helps to put things into perspective. Go to Article |

• TRUTH OR LIE: Fiction vs. Memoir—How Memoir Writers Can Approach Truth and Healing by Linda Joy Myers - As a memoir teacher, I find that people are very worried about the ethical issues involved in memoir writing. For example, the writers ask such questions as, “what if I don’t remember the exact conversation when my mother died,” or “I don’t know what clothes I was wearing the day my father went away forever.” Go to Article |

• What Does It Take To Make Your Memories Into Publishable Memoirs? - I believe the main reason you may want to think about writing a memoir of your life is fairly simple. Everyone has different experiences in life that we learn from, that shape our lives, that hurt us, help us, give us insight, and allow us to grow. Go to Article |

• What If Someone Reads My Journal? - 6 Tips For Keeping Your Diary Private - Here are six ways that people who keep personal journals and diaries have handled the issue of privacy. See if you can combine these ideas in a way that makes you feel comfortable keeping your own honest personal journal. Go to Article |

• WRITING THE CHAPTERS OF YOUR LIFE: Surprising Insights Using This Special Journaling Technique - List-making is a favorite journaling technique and is often used to quickly jot down a numbered record on topics like “my beliefs,” “my pet peeves,” “the things I hate about myself,” or “my strengths.” Go to Article |

• WRITING YOUR FAMILY HISTORY AND KEEPING YOURS ALIVE by Patrika Vaughn - Digging into your family's past and writing about the people and events you discover can be a fascinating endeavor. Go to Article |

• Writing Your Memoirs - Six Steps to Get You Started by Nathan Everett - Everyone has a story or two to tell. As time passes, these precious personal and family memories can be lost. But how and where do you begin? Right here. All you need are your memories, a pen or pencil, and 4-6 sheets of paper. Go to Article |

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