Sick of Your Memoir? 5 Hacks to Make it Feel New Again

By Katie Bannon

So you’ve finished a(nother) draft of your memoir…now what?

If you’re anything like me, you’ve reread your words so many times they barely make sense anymore. Your prose might be gorgeous, or utter garbage, and as much as you thought you knew about “good” writing, you honestly can’t tell which. This is where obsession takes over, making us want to tear up the pages or tear out our hair. Where we’re so sick of our own stories and words that revision feels like running in ...