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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
The Memoirist News: Boosting, Prompts, and Stories — Oh, My!

The Memoirist News: Boosting, Prompts, and Stories — Oh, My!

September 2024
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KiKi Walter
September Memoir Prompt: First Love

September Memoir Prompt: First Love

In honor of going “back to school” — let’s write about our early crushes
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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
Method to Memoir with Cindy Heath
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
A Life in Words: The Art and Pain of Writing an Obituary

A Life in Words: The Art and Pain of Writing an Obituary

The struggle to capture someone’s essence in 300 words or less
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Rodney Lacroix
The One That Got Away: Fishing Poles, Hot Wheels, and The Lessons I Didn’t Know I Was Learning.

The One That Got Away: Fishing Poles, Hot Wheels, and The Lessons I...

What started as a simple day by the river turned into something much bigger — one of those moments that stays with you long after the fish…
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Dale Kaye
Sometimes, First Loves are Long Loves; You Just Gotta Keep the Beat

Sometimes, First Loves are Long Loves; You Just Gotta Keep the Beat

Early loves are essential, but big love is the goal for the soul
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Arpad Nagy
Grandma and Grandpa’s Catskill Mountain Bungalow

Grandma and Grandpa’s Catskill Mountain Bungalow

I experienced a child’s best vacation for years —summers at my grandparents’ cottage in the Catskill Mountains.
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Meryl Baer
My First Love Moved Away

My First Love Moved Away

And took a piece of me with him
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Samantha M🥀
Letter to Mother

Letter to Mother

What would be, what should have been
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Rachel Palmąka Mace
First Love: Papa, Pop Star, or Playmate?

First Love: Papa, Pop Star, or Playmate?

The idea of our First Love conjures up images of that first, hardcore crush in junior high that’s a result of fiery, raging hormones. The…
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Not Even Wine With Dinner
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