Posted by Kathleen Pooler/@kathypooler.

I am honored to be a guest over at Madeline Sharples’ blog, Choices, today:

Six Tips for Honoring the Story Within: A Memoir Writer’s Challenge…

Writing a memoir is hard work.

I know because I have been writing mine for the past four years.

I actually started writing vignettes about twelve years ago and have journaled since my teens. But I didn’t get serious about my memoir writer’s journey until 2009 when I started taking memoir writing workshops and attending writing conferences.

It’s very humbling to learn what you don’t know and when I started out, I didn’t know anything about writing a memoir. I only knew that I had a story inside me and that I wanted to write about it.

It is a well-known fact in memoir writing circles that writing a memoir is a daunting task fraught with many challenges, not the least being: excavating painful memories, standing in your truth, and dealing with family members or close friends who may not agree with your perception of the truth.

All that on top of a market that says you have to be a celebrity to sell your story.

The odds against writing a memoir that will sell can feel pretty overwhelming.

But readers love stories they can connect with and we all have a story within to share.

How can we honor these stories?…

To read more please visit Madeline’s blog here

 

Please join me over at Madeline’s blog. I’d love to hear from you either here or there~

 

Next Week: “Back to My Roots: A Memoir Moment.”