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Writing, Rewriting,
​ and Revising a Memoir

In The Art of Memoir, Mary Karr notes that divorce memoirs are the most difficult form to write. Why would anyone, myself included, choose to spend a good chunk of her writing life working on one?

​Writing, Rewriting, and Revising a Memoir: Part 2

 In The Art of Memoir, Mary Karr notes that divorce memoirs are the most difficult form to write. Friends asked, ”Why revisit all that heartache?” ​

Writing, Rewriting, and Revising a Memoir: Part 3

Reading books on the craft of writing can get old, so I decided to study well-received divorce memoirs. They became my “mentor texts.” I made a list of elements to study in each ... ​