How To Write Memoir With Marion Roach Smith

The Creative Penn Podcast For Writers

Joanna Penn

Self-improvement, Arts, Books, Entrepreneurship, Business, Education

4.8 • 745 Ratings

🗓️ 6 July 2020

⏱️ 68 minutes

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“Write something universal as illustrated by a deeply personal tale.” This advice is true regardless of the genre we write, and in this interview, Marion Roach Smith explains how we can dig deep into our truth and experience to write memoir, plus how she has created a business around a book, and a podcast around […]

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Creative Pen podcast. I'm Joanna Penn, thriller author and creative entrepreneur,
0:08.9	bringing you interviews, inspiration and information on writing, publishing options and marketing ideas for your book.
0:17.3	You can find the episode show notes, your free author blueprint and lots more information at
0:23.0	TheCreativepen.com. And that's Pen with a double N. And here's the show.
0:30.9	Hello, creatives. I'm Joanna Penn, and this is episode number 496 of the podcast. Oh, so close to 500. And it is Friday the 3rd of July,
0:41.8	2020 as I record this. So today I'm talking to Marion Roach Smith about writing memoir, although much of
0:50.1	what we talk about is valid for any genre. So I think you'll find this interesting whatever you
0:55.2	write, such as writing something universal as illustrated by a deeply personal tale. That is true
1:02.5	whether you're writing fiction, even nonfiction. It really is getting deeply personal if it's
1:09.0	our characters' personal side or our own. So I've mentioned
1:13.5	before that I've definitely got a travel memoir in me. And Marian says memoir is the single greatest
1:19.1	portal to self-discovery, which is tantalizing in itself. And I will get there one of these days.
1:25.1	As ever, there is so much to write and so little time.
1:29.6	We also talk about building a business around a book, and there are many business models.
1:34.3	Sometimes I feel that the indie author community gets too obsessed with the write fast,
1:39.6	write fiction series, put books in KU and use advertising.
1:43.4	That is not actually the model of most
1:45.9	writers, certainly not non-fiction writers, many of whom have businesses around the book.
1:51.9	Anne Marion talks about her business model of writing, teaching and now podcasting at her
1:56.9	QWERTY podcast. And she has such a lovely voice. So definitely check out her show where she
2:02.4	ranges across lots of fascinating topics. And I was on there a few months back talking about
2:07.3	wide ranging creativity and publishing wide and not getting in a box. So that is coming up.
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