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What’s the Difference Between a Memoir and a Personal Essay?

What’s the Difference Between a Memoir and a Personal Essay?

Confused? Get in line!
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KiKi Walter
2024 Submission Guidelines

2024 Submission Guidelines

Updated Information for New and Existing Writers
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KiKi Walter
The Memoirist News: Boosting, Prompts, and Stories — Oh, My!

The Memoirist News: Boosting, Prompts, and Stories — Oh, My!

September 2024
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KiKi Walter
September Memoir Prompt: First Love

September Memoir Prompt: First Love

In honor of going “back to school” — let’s write about our early crushes
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KiKi Walter
The Art of Writing Memoir & Personal Essays

The Art of Writing Memoir & Personal Essays

A presentation from Medium Day 2024
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KiKi Walter
Method to Memoir with Cindy Heath
Exploring the Past to Write Memoirs that Resonate

Exploring the Past to Write Memoirs that Resonate

Techniques to uncover deeper truths and create powerful stories from your memories
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Cindy Heath
Uncovering Universal Insights in Memoir Writing

Uncovering Universal Insights in Memoir Writing

Techniques to help you find meaning in your writing.
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Cindy Heath
From Memory to Essay: Enhancing the Impact of Personal Writing

From Memory to Essay: Enhancing the Impact of Personal Writing

Techniques to move your story from boring to compelling.
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Cindy Heath
Six (or Seven) Podcasts to Motivate and Inspire Writers

Six (or Seven) Podcasts to Motivate and Inspire Writers

More choices for authors of memoirs, fiction, or essays.
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Cindy Heath
Just Published
The Graduate

The Graduate

Here’s to you, Mrs. Robinson
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A. Gee
I Went Peeking into the Past

I Went Peeking into the Past

Considering the ancestral story — and wishing for time and talent to spin a few of those tales
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FranMorelandJohns
Joe Cable, Hawaii, and Love on a Bus Ride

Joe Cable, Hawaii, and Love on a Bus Ride

Sometimes love finds you in unexpected places
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Alex Praytor
The Amorous Double-Life of a Draft Excluder.

The Amorous Double-Life of a Draft Excluder.

The consensus was that these were the best years of his life.
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Phil Cody
I Went To Infant School In England In The 1950s

I Went To Infant School In England In The 1950s

My worrisome first day
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Lynne Collier
A Life in Words: The Art and Pain of Writing an Obituary

A Life in Words: The Art and Pain of Writing an Obituary

The struggle to capture someone’s essence in 300 words or less
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Rodney Lacroix
The One That Got Away: Fishing Poles, Hot Wheels, and The Lessons I Didn’t Know I Was Learning.

The One That Got Away: Fishing Poles, Hot Wheels, and The Lessons I...

What started as a simple day by the river turned into something much bigger — one of those moments that stays with you long after the fish…
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Dale Kaye
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