Turn Memories into Memoirs - Hints from Denis Ledoux

Denis Ledoux teaches workshops on memoir writing.  Some of his techniques are summarized in the article and materials below.

"Write Your Life History" from Down East Magazine 

5 Simple Steps to Turn Memories into Memoirs 

Memory List Question Book

 
   Written Memoirs from the Whately Historical Society Collection
 

Charles H. Waite, "The Memoirs of Charles H. Waite, Written in My Eighty-fourth Year", 1953.

 

 

Olive Warner Kellogg Damon, "Memoirs, Things I Remember" with an afterword by Stephen L. Stange, 1999.
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