This week I take you behind the scenes of my first encounters with writers, what I've been calling a "writing strategy call" (but after prepping this episode think I need to rename a "story validation call"). Every writer comes to me with some version of the same questions, and every time I use this framework to empower them to see their story and capabilities differently, giving them more knowledge in how (and if) to move forward.

National Novel Writing Month presents a creative and energetic container for fiction writers, and I want to extend that experience to memoir and creative nonfiction writers. In today's episode I quickly run through some of the pillars of NaNoWriMo and then get to tell you about how to extend that NaNoWriMo experience into memoir writing.

Writing is just like any other endeavor: the more you do it, the better you become. You don’t need to invest eight hours every day to write a memoir. Rather, you can trust that taking small, daily action will yield transformative results.

You want to write and you want to finish your manuscript. Today’s episode is all about how to move you to that finish line and feel confident in your writing. I also have a month-long writing accelerator open for enrollment that will take you even deeper into the strategies and mindsets we discuss on the podcast today.

As you'll hear, Ginny and I had a different episode planned today! Thwarted by technology, I'm coming to you solo today to talk about what a thesis in memoir is, why you need one, and how a thesis will guide the reader's experience with your book.

I get spicy in today’s episode and go to bat for our young writers. We start off talking about Taylor Swift and go into the harm in gatekeeping memoir, rounding off with advice for the young memoirist. I’d love to know your take on young memoirists!

n today's episode we go over our reading experiences of our first quarterly memoir read, From the Ashes by Jesse Thistle. We talk about the premise, the stranger-than-fiction feel of the narrative, and the emotional impact left by the book.

We are taking a pivot this week! Episode 03 was supposed to be a conversation with Ginny and me all about our first memoir read, From the Ashes, but Covid had other plans. So instead I share what I really mean when I say that “your story matters” (and you’ll hear me say this all the time).

In this episode, I take you through what The Memoir Method Framework actually is and how I help writers apply these principles to their writing!

Bookish Edits is creating a podcast! Take a listen to the trailer and subscribe in your preferred podcast player so you don’t miss a single episode. The first three episodes of The Memoir Method Podcast drop on Tuesday, September 19. Can’t wait!