November 8 Activity: the Backstory of your Memoir

November 8: What is the Backstory of your Memoir?

Each of our memoirs is likely to have stories full of details. We spend much time elaborating the story as we remember it—and this is usually good, but we often slip into telling too much backstory. When I work with coaching clients, I might ask them to tell the story of their relationship breakup, for instance, without going into the back story of your memoir. “We don’t need to know in this breakup story how you met. Just tell us about the...