20 Things I Wish I Had Known Before Writing a Memoir

Salt Creek, WA at sunset

Everything I wish I had known before writing a memoir.

1. Real life does not have a plot arc and foreshadowing.

In other words, don’t let your memoir drive you insane. Once I began writing everyday, it felt almost like my mind’s neural pathways were bending into “storyteller mode”. This had unanticipated…