The Memoir Method Podcast

This episode is for the writer who doesn’t feel like writing. I actually had a different episode planned for today, but my own life has been so topsy-turvy the past month that I knew I had to bring my real life into the episode this week. Consider this your periodical reminder that your writing life will always be a part of your regular life, and that’s okay. Let’s get into it.

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This episode is for the writer whose story is juggling so many themes that you have no idea how to make it come together. (You know who you are!) You’re the writer who sees the different connections between different experiences and intuitively know that they go together, but practically you’re drowning in actually piecing it all together. First off, you’re far from the first writer to struggle with this, and second, this episode is just for you. Let’s go.

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This episode is for a lot of different writers: writers who are deep into that first-draft energy I like to talk about, writers who are deep into revisions and are feeling crushed under the weight of what they’ve written, and writers who don’t know how to use their writing time when they have it. Today I’m going to talk about the best emotional and mental state for memoir writing and also how to write when you’re not feeling that way. So let’s get into it.

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This episode is for that writer who gives caveats. You know who you are. “Oh yeah, I’m writing a memoir, BUT I’m not a real writer yet.” Or, “I don’t know, I just like writing I guess. I don’t know if anyone would want to read it.” I have met with so many of you who lead like this. And I’m going to be very direct today: Stop it! Today’s episode is intended as a gentle callout to all of you listening who have a hard time taking yourself seriously as a memoir writer, because the truth is that if you don’t take yourself seriously first, no one else will either.

Access this free resource, The Magnetic Memoir Prompt Pack and start taking yourself seriously as a memoir writer.

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This episode is for the writer who finally carved out a two-hour block to write. You have your tea, you have your candle. The door to your office is closed, and you’ve put on your noise-cancelling headphone. Then you open up your memoir document, and you brace yourself. You scroll a bit, you tweak here and there, uncertain of where to really dive in. You add a comment that says in all caps REVISIT LATER. Then, even though you promised yourself you wouldn’t, you open up Instagram—but just for that saved post, right? And then before you know it, it’s time to make dinner. If any of that felt even a little familiar, you’re going to eat this episode up. Today I’m walking you through the six creative patterns I see occur most often with memoir writers and I’ll give you the antidote for each one. Let’s go.

Find out what your Memoir Kryptonite is with this quiz!

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Cut through generic writing advice to tap you into who you want to be as a writer, with this Magnetic Memoir Prompt Pack.

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