Writing a great memoir about choosing a “good enough” life, it turns out, is hard.

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 ...

The dancer’s memoir, ‘This Far,’ details her family’s healing journey after the death of her husband Stephen ‘tWitch’ Boss in 2022 Carly Tagen-Dye is the Books editorial assistant at PEOPLE, where she ...

Jeff Hardy is open about his past struggles with addiction, and he recently revealed he is working on writing a memoir about his time in rehab. Speaking with Alistair McGeorge of Metro, Hardy opened ...

Susan Orlean has spent a lifetime noticing the little details about others when she writes. The Orchid Thief followed an ...

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Using my snarky, sanity-saving guide that’s now a PDF, thank you very much. So you’ve lived a life. Maybe it’s been messy, magical, or somewhere in between. And now you’re thinking, “I should write ...

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 ...

Over a decade after the death of her husband, Lori Carlson-Hijuelos’ latest book took her on an “unexpected pilgrimage” to the heart of their union. The New York City-based author and editor’s latest ...