How to Write a Memoir without Offending People

If I had a dime for every hopeful memoirist who told me they were afraid of hurting someone’s feelings, I would have $3.30–at least! “I want to write about my mother/child/boss/classmate but I don’t want to offend them” has to be a Top Ten remark heard at writers’ conferences and book events of all kinds. This tells me that writers want to hear from those who have navigated these waters and lived to tell the tale. Which stories should be left out and which ones should be kept? How can I “blur” identities while still expressing the truth of what happened? This seminar, from a memoirist who wrote about her birth parents in “Anne of Green Gables, My Daughter, and Me,” will be your guide to sidestepping landmines while still writing truthfully. This recording can be instantly downloaded in a .zip file, and played with any app that plays MP3’s. When you download this file, be sure to note where it downloads to, so you can find it later. .Zip files can be extracted by right mouse clicking, and selecting “Extract All”. This recording is also available in the Writing Bundle or as part of The Well Conference 2024 Audio Set. Lorilee Craker, author of 16 books, including the forthcoming Eat Like a Heroine: Nourish and Flourish with Bookish Stars from Anne of Green Gables to Zora Neale Hurston; Money Secrets of the Amish; the New York Times bestseller Through the Storm with Lynne Spears and the ECPA bestseller My Journey to Heaven with Marv Besteman.Find her on Instagram @thebooksellersdaughter or at her podcast, Eat Like a Heroine, on all podcast platforms.