Showing posts with label Writing Memoir. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Writing Memoir. Show all posts

Friday, February 24, 2012

Why I Chose to Write Memoir

My inspiration for writing memoir.


I began writing memoir without realizing I was writing memoir. 
Memoir is often mistaken for autobiographies but it is, in fact, quite different.    According to Webster, memoir is “the story of a personal experience”.  This differs from autobiographies in that a memoir tells one story from your life while an autobiography tells the entire story of your life.