Fast-Draft Your Memoir by Rachael Herron

Fast-Draft Your Memoir by Rachael Herron

This is your roadmap for completing the memoir you've dreamed about writing.

Rachael Herron resonates with our audience, and not just because she knows her stuff--she does--or because she's hilarious--she is--but because her honesty and earnestness come through in all her messaging. Samantha Sanders, Writer's Digest

Writing memoir is daunting You're the expert on your life, naturally, but narrating and organizing your own experiences in the best way can feel impossible. Many writers become frustrated in early drafting stages and quit after a couple of brief attempts. Learn from bestselling memoirist Rachael Herron (who teaches this class at Stanford Continuing Studies) how to fast-draft your memoir while keeping its structure compelling. Learn how to frame your life's story and give it a natural arc to keep your reader glued to the page. Figure out how to handle those family and friends you're writing about. Explore what truth means in memoir. Work quickly to quiet the inner critic. Most of all, learn how to get out of your own way to get the words on the page. You can do this Rachael will show you how.

Rachael Herron is the New York Times bestselling author of The Ones Who Matter Most (a Library Journal Editor's Pick), as well as more than twenty other novels and memoirs. Fast-Draft Your Memoir: Compose Your Life Story in 45 Hours is her most recent nonfiction book. She earned her MA in writing from Mills College in Oakland, and she now teaches writing in the UC Berkeley and Stanford extension programs. She's proud to be both a New Zealander and a US citizen, however she only speaks with a Kiwi accent when she's exhausted. She feels privileged to serve on the NaNoWriMo Writers Board.