Every ordinary life story is extraordinary!

Every ordinary life story is extraordinary!

Speak Your Memoirs

If writing is difficult for you, tell your story into an audio recorder and have someone help you transfer it to paper.
Speak Your Memoirs
Sometimes you sit down to write and nothing much comes out. I advise people who want to author their own memoirs to take it one anecdote at a time and thread it together later. But writing can be intimidating, and you may have trouble putting together your thoughts when faced with a blank screen. Maybe you’re not good at computers or word processing software but also can’t imagine writing out a whole book longhand. Or perhaps, like many people, you just can talk a lot easier than you can write.
Talking is a great option. We have some members here on WriteMyMemoirs who are telling their stories into audio recorders. Consider that as a solution for you if you have trouble with the writing process.
When you’re finished talking, you will likely have hours of your voice on a series of little audio tapes. What then? At the very least, you’ll have your story on record for other people to hear. You might want to make some copies and leave it at that, but with help you can get your autobiography on paper or publish it into a book. Perhaps a friend or relative can transcribe, edit and organize the work. WriteMyMemoirs offers that service, too. Just send us your tapes, and we’ll create the magic. There’s not just one route to getting your story into print, so don’t get frustrated if the writing process is difficult for you.
Sometimes you sit down to write and nothing much comes out. I advise people who want to author their own memoirs to take it one anecdote at a time and thread it together later. But writing can be intimidating, and you may have trouble putting together your thoughts when faced with a blank screen. Maybe you’re not good at computers or word processing software but also can’t imagine writing out a whole book longhand. Or perhaps, like many people, you just can talk a lot easier than you can write.
Talking is a great option. We have some members here on WriteMyMemoirs who are telling their stories into audio recorders. Consider that as a solution for you if you have trouble with the writing process.
When you’re finished talking, you will likely have hours of your voice on a series of little audio tapes. What then? At the very least, you’ll have your story on record for other people to hear. You might want to make some copies and leave it at that, but with help you can get your autobiography on paper or publish it into a book. Perhaps a friend or relative can transcribe, edit and organize the work. WriteMyMemoirs offers that service, too. Just send us your tapes, and we’ll create the magic. There’s not just one route to getting your story into print, so don’t get frustrated if the writing process is difficult for you.

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Then just set up a chapter and start writing your memoir. Don’t worry about rules. There are no rules to writing your memoir; there are only trends. These trends are based on techniques and features identified in current top-selling memoirs. At best, they’re the flavor of the month. If you’re capturing your life in print for your family, for your own gratification or to inspire readers, rather than aiming to set off Hollywood screenplay bidding wars, these trends don’t even apply to you. You’ll write the memoir that suits you best, and it will be timeless, not trend-driven.There are no rules, but there are four steps:

1. Theme/framework
2. Writing
3. Editing/polishing
4. Self-publishing

You’ve researched this, too, and you’ve been shocked at the price for getting help with any one of those steps, much less all four. That’s because most memoir sites promise to commercialize your work. They’ll follow a formula based on current memoir trends, because they want to convince you that they can turn your memoir into a best-seller. These sites overwhelm you with unnecessary information not to help you, the memoir author, but to address Search Engine Optimization (SEO) algorithms so they can sell more.

That’s not what we do at Write My Memoirs. Our small community of coaches, writers and editors are every bit as skilled as any you’ll find, and we charge appropriately for their expertise and the time they’ll spend helping you craft a compelling, enjoyable read. But you won’t pay an upcharge for other websites’ commercialization, the marketing that follows, and the pages of intimidating “advice.” You can sell your book if you like—we have ISBNs available for you—but our organic process of capturing your story takes a noncommercial path.

If you want help with any or all of the four steps above, choose from our services or save money by selecting one of our packages. If you’d like to talk about what’s right for you, schedule a call. One year from now, you can be holding your published memoir in your hand. And at that point, it will be a big deal!

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