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'Memoir Project' Gives Tips For Telling Your Story

Marion Roach Smith asks her memoir-writing students to look for little details that illustrate their stories, and through them, chart a course to broader themes. iStockphoto.com hide caption

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'Memoir Project' Gives Tips For Telling Your Story

Everyone has a story to tell, but memoir writer Marion Roach Smith says making those stories interesting and readable is harder than it looks. She gives her dos and don'ts for memoir writing in The Memoir Project.

'Memoir Project' Gives Tips For Telling Your Story

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