From Memory to Memoir: Writing the Stories of Your Life

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- Share Your Wisdom...naturally, spontaneously and without struggle
- Craft Rich, Compelling Stories...regardless of writing experience or perceived ability
- Engage, Entertain and Inspire...with eloquence, confidence and ease

What you have lived is unique. What you have learned through your years of living is beyond price. And the value of all you share through your words is incalculable.

"I wish I'd had this book when I was writing my memoir!"
- Karen Walker, author of Following the Whispers

"The writing guide every memoirist has been waiting for!"
- Nancy Pogue LaTurner, author of Voluntary Nomads

Whoever you are, whatever your experiences, whatever your perceived writing ability, From Memory to Memoir will connect you not only with the stories you remember but with the stories you have forgotten. It will serve up the inspiration guaranteed to get you writing and keep you writing, the tools and techniques guaranteed to help you craft a rich, compelling narrative, and the support guaranteed to sustain you from the initial word of your book's first draft to the final word of its ultimate draft.

"Join me on this adventure of a lifetime...this journey into the experience of your own creativity as, together, we write the stories of your life!"

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From Memory to Memoir: Writing the Stories of Your Life

Get the Stories of Your Life onto the Page Today!

- Share Your Wisdom...naturally, spontaneously and without struggle
- Craft Rich, Compelling Stories...regardless of writing experience or perceived ability
- Engage, Entertain and Inspire...with eloquence, confidence and ease

What you have lived is unique. What you have learned through your years of living is beyond price. And the value of all you share through your words is incalculable.

"I wish I'd had this book when I was writing my memoir!"
- Karen Walker, author of Following the Whispers

"The writing guide every memoirist has been waiting for!"
- Nancy Pogue LaTurner, author of Voluntary Nomads

Whoever you are, whatever your experiences, whatever your perceived writing ability, From Memory to Memoir will connect you not only with the stories you remember but with the stories you have forgotten. It will serve up the inspiration guaranteed to get you writing and keep you writing, the tools and techniques guaranteed to help you craft a rich, compelling narrative, and the support guaranteed to sustain you from the initial word of your book's first draft to the final word of its ultimate draft.

"Join me on this adventure of a lifetime...this journey into the experience of your own creativity as, together, we write the stories of your life!"

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From Memory to Memoir: Writing the Stories of Your Life

From Memory to Memoir: Writing the Stories of Your Life

by Mark David Gerson
From Memory to Memoir: Writing the Stories of Your Life

From Memory to Memoir: Writing the Stories of Your Life

by Mark David Gerson

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Overview

Get the Stories of Your Life onto the Page Today!

- Share Your Wisdom...naturally, spontaneously and without struggle
- Craft Rich, Compelling Stories...regardless of writing experience or perceived ability
- Engage, Entertain and Inspire...with eloquence, confidence and ease

What you have lived is unique. What you have learned through your years of living is beyond price. And the value of all you share through your words is incalculable.

"I wish I'd had this book when I was writing my memoir!"
- Karen Walker, author of Following the Whispers

"The writing guide every memoirist has been waiting for!"
- Nancy Pogue LaTurner, author of Voluntary Nomads

Whoever you are, whatever your experiences, whatever your perceived writing ability, From Memory to Memoir will connect you not only with the stories you remember but with the stories you have forgotten. It will serve up the inspiration guaranteed to get you writing and keep you writing, the tools and techniques guaranteed to help you craft a rich, compelling narrative, and the support guaranteed to sustain you from the initial word of your book's first draft to the final word of its ultimate draft.

"Join me on this adventure of a lifetime...this journey into the experience of your own creativity as, together, we write the stories of your life!"


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781950189007
Publisher: Mdg Media International
Publication date: 02/15/2019
Edition description: 2nd ed.
Pages: 204
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.47(d)

About the Author

Mark David Gerson is the bestselling author of more than a dozen books. His nonfiction includes popular titles for writers, inspiring personal growth books and compelling memoirs. As a novelist he is best known for The Legend of Q'ntana fantasy series, coming soon to movie theaters. When he's not writing, Mark David coaches an international roster of both first-time and seasoned writers to help them get their stories onto the page and into the world with ease. www.markdavidgerson.com

Table of Contents

Opening Words

1. Getting Started

Your Life, Your Story

How to Use This Book

Guided Meditations

2. First Principles

Mark David’s 12 1⁄2 “Rules” for Writing

In the Flow with the Muse Stream

If You Get Stuck...Seven Ways to Get Unstuck

Your Story Knows Best

The Spirit of Your Story: A Guided Meditation

To Outline or Not to Outline?

The Word Tree

Time to Write

3. 15 1⁄2 “Rules” for Writing Your Memoir

Rules? There Are No Rules Be Honest

Be Vulnerable

Abandon Control

Share More Depth Than Detail

Be Specific

Acknowledge that “Objective Fact” Is Fiction

Recognize that “Fact” and “Truth” Are Not the Same

Be the Storyteller You Are

Don’t Lie or Manipulate Known Facts

You Will Make Factual Errors: Get Over It

Don’t Censor Yourself

Own Your Story

Let Your Memoir Own Your Book

Write!

Rules? Oh, Yeah. There Are None!

4. Writing Your Memoir

Now Is the Time

Your Ocean of Stories

Your Ocean of Stories: A Guided Meditation

Fifty-Five Keys to Trigger Your Tales

5. Crafting Your Memoir

The Power of Now

Your Time Machine: A Guided Meditation

Painting the People of Your Past

Reawakening Your Memory: The People

Character Connections: A Guided Meditation

Painting the Places of Your Past

Reawakening Your Memory: The Places

Stepping into Place: A Guided Meditation

6. Envisioning Your Memoir

What’s Your Vision?

Vision Quest: A Guided Meditation

7. Editing Your Memoir

Why Edit?

Finding the Vision in Revision

Your First Step

The Art of Heartful Revision

22 1⁄2 “Rules” for Revision

The Spirit of Heartful Revision: A Guided Meditation

8. Freeing Your Memoir into the World

“What Do You Think of My Memoir?”

The Seven Be’s of Empowered Feedback

“Read This Before You Read My Memoir”

The Seven Be’s of Compassionate Feedback

From the Annals of the Infamously Rejected

9. Engaging in the Words of the World

Read to Write, Read to Live

10. Your Memoir, Your Life

Your Memoir, Your Life

My Memoir, My Life

Mark David’s 12 1⁄2 “Rules” for Living

11. The Writer You Are

You Are a Writer: A Guided Meditation

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