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Marion Roach Smith

Marion Roach Smith

Your Story Line is Too Big

I TEACH A LOT OF MEMOIR classes, and while every writer is different, many of the problems are the same. And while I cannot predict what…

Dec 10, 2019

Your Story Line is Too Big

Dec 10, 2019

Marion Roach Smith

How to Write Someone Else’s Story

How do you write someone’ else’s story? AS a memoir coach and teacher, I get this question in person, at dinner parties and everywhere…

Oct 17, 2019

How to Write Someone Else’s Story

Oct 17, 2019

Marion Roach Smith

Back to School for Memoir Writers, as Well

READY, SET, WRITE! That’s how most people think writing memoir will go, whether it be in blog form, a series of essays, or a full-length…

Sep 11, 2019

Back to School for Memoir Writers, as Well

Sep 11, 2019

Marion Roach Smith

How True Does Memoir Have to Be?

How true does memoir have to be? It’s a fine question and one I get a lot as a memoir coach and writing teacher. And it’s one I’ve asked…

Aug 27, 2019

How True Does Memoir Have to Be?

Aug 27, 2019

Marion Roach Smith

Where To Get Your Best Writing Routine? From Another Successful Writer

WHENEVER PEOPLE ASK me about writing, there is always a process question included, as in, “How do you actually do it?” By this, we’re…

Aug 20, 2019

Where To Get Your Best Writing Routine? From Another Successful Writer

Aug 20, 2019

Marion Roach Smith

IF THERE IS SOMETHING THAT FLUMMOXES every memoir writer, it is how to choose memoir topics.

Memoir, of course, is not about you. It’s about something, and you are its illustration. And now that I’ve reminded you of that, I know…

Sep 11, 2018

IF THERE IS SOMETHING THAT FLUMMOXES every memoir writer, it is how to choose memoir topics.

Sep 11, 2018

Marion Roach Smith

How to Write that Messy First Draft: The Perfect Recipe

Every day I learn another thing or two about the great art of writing what you know. Just today it was something new about how to write a…

Nov 17, 2016

How to Write that Messy First Draft: The Perfect Recipe

Nov 17, 2016

Marion Roach Smith

How to Write About Difficult Family? Go On: Quote ‘Em.

SHE WAS ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE in high school who said things like, “Well, I’m sure someone will dance with you if you wear that dress.” She…

Sep 28, 2016

How to Write About Difficult Family? Go On: Quote ‘Em.

Sep 28, 2016

Marion Roach Smith

Marion Roach Smith

Writer. Teacher. Speaker. Author of four books, including The Memoir Project. Former New York Times staffer. I teach memoir online. http://marionroach.com

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