Most writers feel, at some point in their career, the need to tell their own story.

It’s probably safe to say that many non-writers feel the same. It’s as if writing our memoir - or a memoir, as it’s possible that more than one compelling narrative can flow from one life - is a journey that many feel strongly about taking but few embark upon.

There a many reasons why people fail to leave behind their life-story for future generations. Among them might be:

  1. They’re not writers
  2. They feel their life is too ordinary
  3. They don’t know how to get started
  4. They feel writing a book is vary daunting task

All may be true.

But that doesn’t necessarily mean that it’s impossible. In a previous post, I mention William Zinsser’s book Writing About Your Life. In this post, I want to give you 5 tips from Zinsser that may give you, and others, cause to reconsider writing about your life.

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