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Unbroken: Life Outside the Lines, a memoir of overcoming child abuse

Adriene Caldwell has bravely written her memoir Unbroken: Life Outside the Lines, “a harrowing coming-of-age story defined by resilience in the face of unimaginable odds.” It is a raw, emotional read with disclaimers that it could trigger nightmares of the … Continue reading

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Writing memoir and life stories: Not just what happened

When writing your stories, don’t make them a laundry list of what happened and when. That’s important, but there’s more to the stories than that, especially if you want to make them more interesting. You are the main character of … Continue reading

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Lessons from Kristy Noem’s Memoir – On Lifewriting

Do you HAVE to put everything in your memoir? NO! In a nutshell, that’s the lesson from Kristy Noem’s memoir where she tells about shooting her young dog, plus a goat. Yes, farmers and other ruralites have dispatched unwanted, elder, … Continue reading

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