Understanding how to write a memoir begins by appreciating basic facts like the purpose of writing, what to include and exclude as well as your target audience. You may be required to give some hurtful truths that will upset family and friends. It is important to find comfort in the content you choose regardless of how uneasy it makes you feel.
Memoirs are considered reflections of your past and how that has shaped your present. It requires a great deal of memory and sincerity to come up with a book that is worth reading. There is the temptation to leave out some parts and accept others. It is however important to remember everything to the most graphic detail possible.
Numerous experiences have shaped your life. The decision on what to include and what to leave out is easier to make if you have exercised enough. A simple exercise to help you define your approach might include picking a ten year period in your life and collapsing it into a two page story. All the sentences should be exactly three words.
Limiting your sentence to three words makes it clear that some things should be written and others left out. This is a pivotal principle in writing memoirs. You should then revisit your two page story and pick the most touching sentence. Make this your entry point.
The entry points could be strange to you or something that everyone has always thought to be normal. The scene is given meaning by the people you interact with and how they react or are expected to react. Any scenario could be the point of departure. Choose an event or person who defines the direction of your life henceforth and write about it.
Memoirs are grounded in time and context. These are surrounding geopolitical, social, historic and economic circumstances that shaped your life. The writer positions himself in this scenario and tries to understand or explain its implication. Truth must be maintained to avoid losing the basics of memoirs. This means the absence of half truths and cosmetic presentations.
To find satisfaction in what you have written, it is important to be factual. Take time to concentrate your thoughts until you find the right words. Memoirs are a contract with your readers that you will be frank. The first person to get into such a pact with is you. There is no room for success if it begins with self deception.
Other exercise that will support your work include writing about something you cannot deny, outrageous things you have done, characteristics that give you pride and are inherited among others. There are things you failed to do and feel that you owe someone an apology. Other scenarios could be the one point you felt great or undeserved compassion, a humiliating exposure or that turning point in life.
Knowing how to write a memoir begins by sorting out the important details and leaving out what should not be there. You must identify where to begin and what facts to twist without turning your book into a nonfictional work. Your audience and motivation will guide your choice of style.
Memoirs are considered reflections of your past and how that has shaped your present. It requires a great deal of memory and sincerity to come up with a book that is worth reading. There is the temptation to leave out some parts and accept others. It is however important to remember everything to the most graphic detail possible.
Numerous experiences have shaped your life. The decision on what to include and what to leave out is easier to make if you have exercised enough. A simple exercise to help you define your approach might include picking a ten year period in your life and collapsing it into a two page story. All the sentences should be exactly three words.
Limiting your sentence to three words makes it clear that some things should be written and others left out. This is a pivotal principle in writing memoirs. You should then revisit your two page story and pick the most touching sentence. Make this your entry point.
The entry points could be strange to you or something that everyone has always thought to be normal. The scene is given meaning by the people you interact with and how they react or are expected to react. Any scenario could be the point of departure. Choose an event or person who defines the direction of your life henceforth and write about it.
Memoirs are grounded in time and context. These are surrounding geopolitical, social, historic and economic circumstances that shaped your life. The writer positions himself in this scenario and tries to understand or explain its implication. Truth must be maintained to avoid losing the basics of memoirs. This means the absence of half truths and cosmetic presentations.
To find satisfaction in what you have written, it is important to be factual. Take time to concentrate your thoughts until you find the right words. Memoirs are a contract with your readers that you will be frank. The first person to get into such a pact with is you. There is no room for success if it begins with self deception.
Other exercise that will support your work include writing about something you cannot deny, outrageous things you have done, characteristics that give you pride and are inherited among others. There are things you failed to do and feel that you owe someone an apology. Other scenarios could be the one point you felt great or undeserved compassion, a humiliating exposure or that turning point in life.
Knowing how to write a memoir begins by sorting out the important details and leaving out what should not be there. You must identify where to begin and what facts to twist without turning your book into a nonfictional work. Your audience and motivation will guide your choice of style.
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