Tips from William Zinsser on Writing Memoir, Transcribed by Jobe

“Give yourself permission to tell us who you are.”

“write for yourself”

Memoir is not “a license to prattle just for therapy”

“Make sure every component in your memoir is doing useful work.”

“think narrow”

“One secret of the art is detail.”

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