Writing Tips for Successful Writing

Writing tips that really can keep you writing.

Recently, someone asked me to provide writing tips to remove the biggest barriers memoir writers face to being successful. Three came to mind right away.

1. Writers often put off writing a good memoir in favor of struggling unsuccessfully to create a perfect one.

This is insidious because no one says they are putting off writing a good memoir in favor of a perfect one. Instead they say, “I want my story to be meaningful” or “I want to be sure I...