Five tips for creating a family memoir

The holidays are coming up fast, and many of us will be spending time with parents and siblings, cousins and grandparents—all those family members that we see far less often than we would like. And even those of us whose family tree has far-flung roots reach out for some kind of connection, exchanging letters and pictures, emails and texts, to experience at least a virtual visit if we can’t be there in person.

When I was planning the November topic for my Monday Night Writers group, I thought...