The Memoir Kit: How to write a Memoir That Works
You feel a strong call to tell your story, but you don't know where to start.
A focused guide for getting your memoir moving.
New York Times bestselling memoirist Susy Flory can help. This focused guide walks you through the 12 elements of a strong, engaging memoir, the qualities that keep readers turning pages, and then gives you the field-tested tools she uses in her own work and with the writers she mentors.
Inside, you'll find a quick-start checklist to get your project moving, timeline templates to organize your memories, and story mapping techniques that carry you from a blank page to a draft you can build on. Whether you're writing for your family, for publication, or for yourself, this is the place to begin.
How to Write a Memoir That Works is the first book in The Memoir Kit, a series of practical guides for writers who want to tell their own true stories with clarity and craft.
Susy Flory
Susy Flory, DMin, is a New York Times bestselling author and a journalist who loves big, true stories with a redemptive twist. She founded Everything Memoir, a community and coaching program for people writing their own true stories, and she mentors writers at every stage of the process. Her book Thunder Dog, written with Michael Hingson, hit the New York Times list in its first week and has been translated into more than fifteen languages. A UCLA and Northern Seminary graduate, she recently earned a doctorate in New Testament Studies under Lynn Cohick at Houston Theological Seminary. In 2026, she founded Shake Ridge Press, a traditional royalty publishing company focused on memoir in its many forms.
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