Our authors don't have to write their memoirs. But even with the ease and simplicity of recording your stories, your book will benefit from some thoughtful planning and story selection. Consider reading up on how to "write" your memoir. When you sign up with Stories To Tell, you'll receive our guidebook, Stories To Tell: Your Guide To Creating a Personal History Book. It's free of charge to our authors. It tells you all you need to know, and more, to plan a wonderful memoir. The books listed below also provide many helpful exercises and tips.
Barrington, Judith. Writing the Memoir. Portland, OR: Eighth Mountain Press, 2002. 187 pp.
Daniel, Lois. How to Write Your Own Life Story: A Step By Step Guide for the Nonprofessional Writer . Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 1991. 248 pp.
DeSalvo, Louise. Writing as a Way of Healing: How Telling Our Stories Transforms Our Lives . Boston: Beacon Press, 1999. 226 pp.
Evans, Fanny-Maude. Changing Memories into Memoirs. New York: Barnes and Noble, 1984.
Goldberg, Natalie. Old Friend Far Away: The Practice of Writing Memoir. NY: Simon and Schuster, 2008. 336 pp.
Kempthorne, Charley. For All Time A Complete Guide to Writing Your Family History. Portsmouth, N.H: Boynton / Cook Publishers, 1996. 150 pp.
Lang, Peggy and Goodman, Robert. Turning Your Life Stories into a Literary Memoir. San Diego: Silver Threads, 2005. 70 pp.
Ledoux, Denis. Turning Memories into Memoirs A Handbook for Writing Life Stories. Lisbon Falls, ME: Soleil Press, 2003. 272 pp.
McDonnell, Jane Taylor. Living to Tell the Tale: A Guide to Writing Memoir. New York: Penguin, 1998. 208 pp.
McKeithan, Elsa. Writing the Stories of Your Life: How to Turn Memories into Memoir. Victoria, BC: Trafford Publishing, 2005. 290 pp.
Moffat, Jane. The Times of Our Lives: A Guide to Writing Autobiography and Memoir. Santa Barbara, CA: John Daniel and Company Books, 1989. 64 pp.
Morgan, Richard Lyon. Remembering Your Story: Creating Your Own Spiritual Autobiography , Nashville: Upper Room Books, 2002. 174 pp.
Neubauer, Jane. From Memories to Manuscript: The Five Step Method of Writing Your Life Story . Orem, UT: Ancestry Publishing, 1994. 40 pp.
Phifer, Nan Merrick and Tompkins, Jane. Memories of the Soul: Writing Your Spiritual Autobiography . Cincinnati, OH: Walking Stick Press, 2001. 298 pp.
Polking, Kirk. Writing Family Histories and Memoirs. Cincinnati, OH: Betterway Books, 1995. 272 pp.
Rainer, Tristine. Your Life as Story. Los Angeles: Tarcher, 1998. 368 pp.
Roorbach, Bill. Writing Life Stories. Cincinnati, OH: Writer’s Digest Books, 1998. 218 pp.
Selling, Bernard. Writing From Within: A Unique Guide to Creativity and Writing Your Life Story . Alameda, CA: Hunter House, 1998. 89 pp.
Spence, Linda. Legacy: A Step By Step Guide to Writing Personal History. Athens, OH: Swallow Press, 1997. 178 pp.
Thomas, Frank P. How to Write the Story of Your Life. Cincinnati, OH: Writer’s Digest Books, 1984. 230 pp.
Ulrich, Karen. How to Write Your Life Story The Complete Guide to Completing a Personal Memoir . Pleasantville, NY: Reader’s Digest, 2006. 192 pp.
Wakefield, Dan. The Story of Your Life: Writing a Spiritual Autobiography. Boston: Beacon Press, 1990. 178 pp.
Waxler, Jerry. Learn to Write Your Memoir in 4 Weeks A Step By Step Guide to Record the Stories of Your Life . Quakertown, PA: Neuralcoach Press, 2007. 90 pp.
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