How to Write Your Memoir by Abigail Thomas

How to Write Your Own Memoir

By Abigail Thomas
O, The Oprah Magazine | From the August 2008 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine

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Memoirist Abigail Thomas talks about how to write your own memoir. Writing exercises included.

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