NAMW Blog
What is the Shape of Your Story?
An early look at a section of Blueprint for a Memoir: How to Write a Memoir for the Marketplace forthcoming from Jennie Nash summer 2023. The structure of a book refers to the overall shape or form of the idea—how it is organized, how it functions. The structure you...
From Being Silenced to Breaking Free
Linda Joy Myers As a memoir coach, I have come to realize that my therapy background, as a family and child therapist for forty-three years, is something I draw on over and over again when I work with writers. Over the years I’ve learned a great deal about human...
Cyber Monday Sale 2022
Here at the National Association of Memoir Writers, as we do every year, we celebrate the stories that give meaning to our lives. We’re pleased to offer programs and resources to help you to capture and preserve your special moments. We love encouraging you in your...
What is a Healing Story?
By Linda Joy Myers Dr. James Pennebaker, the professor who dug deep into the research about how writing heals calls a story, “A type of knowledge". I found this comment quite fascinating and began to explore the ways I felt that a story reveals knowledge and takes us...
Back to School with NAMW
Back to School—Zooming at NAMW! The National Association of Memoir Writers invites you to join us for a special sale and bonuses that will inspire you to write your memoir. From September 3rd to September 5th at midnight, The National Association of Memoir Writers...
Memorial Day 2022
May is a beautiful time of year—spring has melted the snows and the flowers are bursting out everywhere. It’s also a time of remembrance, and this year many of us want to not only honor those who died in battle but the innocent people whose lives have been cut short...
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