How to Write a Significant Memoir

DL: This is a piece I published on the LinkedIn blog Pulse. It addresses a major challenge many writer face—at least writers who want to have an audience beyond family and friends.

How to write a significant memoir

Thatour memoir is insignificant isabout the last thing we memoir writers ever want to read about our magnum opus.

What separates a significant memoir from an insignificant one?

A memoir tells the story of a hero’s journey.

I’ll give you a hint: it’s not fame it’s not the scope of the...