Hope Fabillar is one of our Memoir Method graduates. In this video, Hope and Amanda discuss how to write a deeply personal family story, being vulnerable through story telling, how to find the support and process that will work for you , and how to share and talk about that process with family.

Do you have a plan for actually finishing your memoir? If not, we know you aren’t making the progress you hoped for. That’s why we developed The Memoir Method Checklist. This free guide (and video training!) will take you through every single step you need from idea to published marketable book. Grab it now at https://pageandpodium.com/checklist

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Timestamps:

2:00- Introducing Hope

4:50- Starting the process

5:40- "Shelving" your memoir

9:30- Ups and downs of the drafting process

12:30- Living through your narrative

18:00- The importance of being vulnerable

22:00- Writing against type

26:00- The importance of support

28:00- The learning curve of different styles of writing

32:00- The revision process

35:45- The Memoir Method support

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In part three of our four-part revision series, we talk about a necessary, but often fraught and scary, step of the revision process: getting feedback.

Most writers know that feedback is necessary for making polished final drafts, but beginning writers don't always know how and when to seek it out. It can be very exciting to have accomplished enough writing to getting feedback. But not all feedback is helpful--either it's too early, too focused on the reader's personal preferences, or diverting you from what you really need to be working on at this point in your process. In this video, Amanda reviews when to get feedback on your memoir--and when not to.

Do you have a plan for actually finishing your memoir? If not, we know you aren’t making the progress you hoped for. That’s why we developed The Memoir Method Checklist. This free guide (and video training!) will take you through every single step you need from idea to published marketable book. Grab it now at https://pageandpodium.com/checklist

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Timestamps:

3:10- Do you need feedback, or do you need affirmation?

8:20- Determine the type of draft you think you have

10:16- Getting feedback on your outline

15:46- Revise before you seek more feedback

17:16- Give your feedback readers guidance of what feedback you need

19:14- Your readers should be able to tell you your message clearly

21:15- Take time to process that feedback

24:15- Accept that not all feedback needs to be "obeyed"

26:45- You can often address feedback in multiple ways

28:00- Recruit support that is not feedback based

31:00- The feedback cycle can go on forever if you let it

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