Post #9 – Women’s Memoirs, Conversations – Matilda Butler and Kendra Bonnett
For this month’s Memoir Moment, I have the pleasure of interviewing Kim Pearson. She speaks to us with insights earned from years of experience not only as an author, but also as an editor and ghostwriter. It is this last category that has helped Kim focus not just on how to tell her story or on a story but on someone else’s story. This means she has had to get into the mindset of others and effectively tell their stories.
Years of writing have led Kim to her Three Rules. Briefly, these are: 1. Drop your reader into an opening scene. 2. Foreshadow your theme. 3. Remember your audience.
Listen now as Kim explains what she means by these rules.
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Kim’s book, Making History: How to Remember, Record, Interpret and Share the Events of Your Life is part research tool, part how-to guide, and part pep talk for writing your life stories. Click on the book cover for a direct link to Amazon.
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