The plan is to write the memoir as my NanoWriMo project this November. In anticipation, I have been researching memoirs and writing prompts/tools to help me come up with an outline.
This site was established to provide people a place to write and store online.
I am also using the August edition of Oprah as a guide.
So with a tentative outline idea, I am wondering something, what do you want to know about a person when reading their memoir? Do you look for the whole life’s journey? Just the highlights? The trauma? The accomplishments? A mishmash?
And what are some of the stand-out’s in the genre, in your opinion? Comment or link back, please.
anniegirl1138 
What seems to touch a chord with the largest number of people are my personal experiences at this time of mid-life, and my reflections about them. I like to read about what people learn from life.
* About the August “O” – Her “What I Know For Sure” column in the back was her best ever, possibly because it parallels what I’m trying to learn to do. I want to get back to the bookstore to read more of the issue…I cheat and read it there over a cup of coffee.
I look for connections–something that will cause me to pause and take a look at my own life. I really did enjoy “Same Kind of Different as Me” for that reason.
Good luck to you!!
Marsha
for me – in both writing and reading – it’s the “defining moments” in a life. the things that happen that direct, re-direct or derail a person along the way… can’t think of good examples of that, but to me it’s the “plot” of a human life…
Well, the folks at my blog seem to like the stories of my hijinks. I don’t know what else to write. I could write the story of my family, as I am the family genealogist, and I probably will.