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What’s the Difference Between a Memoir and a Personal Essay?

What’s the Difference Between a Memoir and a Personal Essay?

Confused? Get in line!
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KiKi Walter
2024 Submission Guidelines

2024 Submission Guidelines

Updated Information for New and Existing Writers
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KiKi Walter
Celebrating The Memoirist

Celebrating The Memoirist

Three years old and going strong!
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KiKi Walter
November Memoir Prompt: Thanksgiving (or “Family Get Togethers”)

November Memoir Prompt: Thanksgiving (or “Family Get Togethers”)

Stories of family, food, and fond memories
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KiKi Walter
The Art of Writing Memoir & Personal Essays

The Art of Writing Memoir & Personal Essays

A presentation from Medium Day 2024
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KiKi Walter
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Exploring the Past to Write Memoirs that Resonate

Exploring the Past to Write Memoirs that Resonate

Techniques to uncover deeper truths and create powerful stories from your memories
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Cindy Heath
Uncovering Universal Insights in Memoir Writing

Uncovering Universal Insights in Memoir Writing

Techniques to help you find meaning in your writing.
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Cindy Heath
From Memory to Essay: Enhancing the Impact of Personal Writing

From Memory to Essay: Enhancing the Impact of Personal Writing

Techniques to move your story from boring to compelling.
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Cindy Heath
Six (or Seven) Podcasts to Motivate and Inspire Writers

Six (or Seven) Podcasts to Motivate and Inspire Writers

More choices for authors of memoirs, fiction, or essays.
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Cindy Heath
Just Published
Broken Years: All Those Things That Shattered Dad

Broken Years: All Those Things That Shattered Dad

Beyond riding the elephant and green French fries
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JonesPJ
Innocence Lost

Innocence Lost

Nuclear summer
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The Dark Side of Douglas Wayne Goff
The Potato Chip Thieves

The Potato Chip Thieves

I am not proud, but my God they tasted good.
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Phil Cody
Karl’s Tale of “This Too Shall Pass”

Karl’s Tale of “This Too Shall Pass”

And how its ageless wisdom helped me cope with an uncomfortable world.
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Dale Kaye
The Day Our Marriage Barely Defeated a Timeshare Presentation

The Day Our Marriage Barely Defeated a Timeshare Presentation

Into the Scammyverse
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Leslie McLemore II
A Real Earthquake Was Nothing Compared to the Tremors of My Sanity

A Real Earthquake Was Nothing Compared to the Tremors of My Sanity

I fled to California, changed my name, and discovered who I was meant to be
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Alexandra Christensen
Taking Things Back

Taking Things Back

Both with and without the original receipt…
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Mike Hickman
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