Vignettes, scenes, and dialogues

Vignettes, scenes and dialogues are at the core of any memoir—your memoir. So how do you write them? How do you fit them into a story? Let’s explore how we can string those short pieces into a story.

Here are some ideas for writing them more quickly and elegantly.

1. Don’t stop to figure out how these vignettes, scenes and dialogues may eventually fit together into a story.

These bits and pieces will accumulate as you recall more and more and continue to write them down. Giving yourself...