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"How can I write my memoir?", you say.
"Where should I begin? What should I write about?"

Let me assure you that writing a memoir is far easier than you might imagine. My students--most of whom are adults over age 50--have proven it, year after year. Every one of them writes Chapter One of their mini-memoir in less than one hour during the first day of class following the clear instructions in my handbook, Write Your Memoir In One Day.

Instead of rambling on and on about memoirs and memoir writing (which most memoir writing books do), this concise guide will help you actually start writing your memoirs immediately. Not next week. Not next month. But right away--with no delays. In fact, you should have pad of paper and a pen handy when you open Write Your Memoir In One Day. Or have your computer booted up. You will need it within a half an hour.

My approach is unique--and proven. With the clear and specific directions in Write Your Memoir in One Day, you can write about memories of your life experiences--even if you have never written anything longer than a grocery list in your life, even if English was your worst subject. Follow the guidelines and within a day--or a few days, at most--you can create a treasured mini-memoir for your grandchildren and their grandchildren.

You get clear step-by-step instructions
to make it easy to write your memoir

In this concise and to-the-point guide you will learn how simple it is to create a legacy for your descendents so you will become their Very Important Ancestor, the one they remember and talk about--even a hundred years from now.

With Write Your Memoir in One Day in your hands, you will follow detailed, how-to instructions to write about your memories of important events in your life from your teen years to today. You will learn:

The best way to start your memoir -- it is far easier than you think
The importance of your life-decisions and turning points
Tips for writing about your family as they were then
How a memoir differs from an autobiography
Which details are important -- and which you should handle with care
How to write about unpleasant episodes, such as divorce
Who you should tell about your memoir and who you shouldn't
What you should add to your memoir in this digital age

This forty page handbook includes a list of significant life events to write about. Pick ones that trigger your memories of past years. Or write about others that were important to you. Then discover the joy of writing your life story with no research required.

How to privately publish your memoir

Because it is so very important that you know the best ways to preserve your memoir for future generations, I include a chapter on how to privately publish and copyright your memoir whether it is long or short. You will learn how to have it printed locally or how to use the editorial services of America's largest publishers or POD publishers. In another chapter you will find out how to have a book-length memoir listed in online bookstores and perhaps even earn royalties from the memories of your life! You will get precise instructions and resource lists for both print and online publishing.

Give the gift that will last for generation after generation --
the memories of your life story. Do it now -- before another day passes by.

Order your personal soft cover edition of Write Your Memoir In One Day now for only $9.95 (USD) plus $2 for shipping. (Sorry, but Write Your Memoir In One Day is currently not available outside the U.S. )

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"I never thought I could write a memoir until I read this. It showed me how to start and what were the best things to write about. It really is easy."
Karen - Los Angeles

"Who has time to write a memoir -- I'd said that to myself for years. But I wrote mine in less time than I imagined"
Diane - Santa Rosa

"I just gave a copy of my memoir to my granddaughter and she loved it! Thank you."
Crystal - Las Vegas

This method has been proven in the classroom

The approach of Write Your Memoir in One Day is proven. The author, Carol Lightwood, uses this handbook in the memoir writing class she teaches at a California State Community College. Her students have been fired up by it. Even people who did not know where to start are writing page after page of their memoirs effortlessly. You can, too!

About The Author
Carol Lightwood, a Smith College graduate, teaches a memoir writing class at a Southern California College. She has worked as a freelance journalist and award winning writer. She has researched, wrote and privately published a family history going back to 1630.