1. If fiction is the art of invention, memoir is the art of selection and arrangement. For whatever reasons, many readers and writers believe that writing a memoir is easier than writing a novel.

When we write about the writing of memoir, we are stuck, up front, with the lexicographer’s dilemma: How do we define the word? Is memoir, for example, an autobiographical poem? Is it essay ...

We all know the basic structure of a love story, but what about a divorce story? Over the past several years, a cornucopia of "divorce memoirs" have been released—books such as Lyz Lenz's This ...

Memoir III: Structure & Character Arc for Memoir. Zoom (Live) ... Note: Though this class is offered as part of the Certificate in Memoir Writing, there is no pre-requisite to join this class.

Novelist Hwang Sok-yong spent years in prison — a disruption that's reflected in the structure of his new memoir. It's a cinematic, riveting story that captures the struggles of his life and career.