Thank you, Kelly! I have enjoyed watching your videos since starting with the Hayhouse writing courses. I appreciate your explaining the difference between an autobiography and a memoir. I am writing an autobiography for my family to read about my life but it will not be published. I am intrigued by the idea of writing a memoir. I spent 22 years in the U.S. military special operations arena and want to share my story of what it was like as a young Latter-Day Saint young man who yo-yo'ed between the Christian world I believe in and the military world in which I lived. I hope it might help others who might be trying to figure out the balance.

THANK YOU for these informative videos! SO SO Helpful! Memoir now, Autobiography for kids and generations forward later in life! TY!

A memoir would be best for me I think. Growing up in a rural farming background, took up tennis to get out of the house. Studied sport science before it was popular; but it took me to 52 countries; and a coaching Hall of Fame. Much more, but it’s about constantly improving your brain’s behavior patterns to not simply accept the hand you’ve been dealt. Thoughts?

Thank You Kelly... I am writing a memoir and I better understand what it is, I smile...

Thanks for this explanation! I was confused about how to present my story but understand now that Memoir is the best way to go.

Loved this training. Wayne Dyer's book "I Can See Clearly Now" is a memoir, right? Loved that he wrote it before he passed. I am writing a memoir. I am happy to find out that I can write another one about another theme. This helps me move forward. Thanks!

I just found out I'm a memoir writer. I just came up with about 6 different memoirs to write. I really forgot how much I love stories as a child. I love hearing storytime and telling stories

Kelly, I've shared this with eight women who are all working on memoirs or autobiographies.

I'm working on my memoir now. I plan to self-publish it by the end of the year.

To be honest, I'm still undecided. I've got a great idea that I'm finally working on, but it's more a non chronological series of funny, emotional, sad & scary anecdotes from my half a century on this mad rock. I'd lean more towards it being a memoir but there isn't really a theme for it to follow. For now I'm just getting the draft story down & will just take it one day at a time

yes, got it. Memoir appears to me to be a focused time good/bad in life. My experience is an extreme one all true and could be a text for Criminal Justice class.

My mother is at the end of her physical journey, and I wrote a heartbreaking story about what our conversations were based on inside a quiet Mexican cafe at 6am last Sunday morning. She later read what I had posted on my blog page about that morning and shared it on her social media outlet. I've never met or heard of someone's life being or match how bad she had it, and that one post shared was merely an emotional scab that doesn't even scratch the surface of it. My mother's life was so rancid it made me question my spirituality, people, and my future because of how someone could be dealt a bad hand in life from birth? I hadn't touched Chocolate Milk since I was nine years old after what she told me; I couldn't even see chocolate milk without my heart skipping a beat or fighting back the urge to cry up to when I was 30 years old, so my question is if I write about her life who is still breathing what would that be labeled as? Thank you for your time if you got to the end, great video I just need to know a little more.

Kelly, I LOVE this video thank you! So helpful! I am drawn to both genres and so happy to be clear on the difference and that we can write many memoirs! You are so AWESOME thank you!

Love your work Kelly and always thankful for your precious tips ⭐

Thank you. Now I m clear about writing my autobiography.

Memoir! (Glad I'm allowed to do more than 1😂)

memoir!

Hey Katie thanks for sharing another great informative video! I just sent a message through to your website about asking for advice in taking the next step to getting my memior published.

Memoir definitely, and multiple.

I love it if she can see my writing and letting me know if I should write 📝 a memior 😊

Thank you! ❤

Your videos make me wish to begin writing. 😊

Thank You !

Kelly, i love The choice by Edith Eger. Is that a memoire or an autobiography?

What if I want to do both would it need to be done in two books?

Memoir

Well you just bust my bubble watching this video. Here I am beginning to write my autobiography, and I'm on page 30 thinking that this story might be good enough for a movie and you saying people will probably not even read the book lol.

❤memoir

I prefer to read memoires but i love Obama s biography more than his memoire about his presidency