Wow, you're so descriptive! Hand's down, best memoir blueprint I've ever seen. 10/10

I love the archeology analogy-uncovering the story that is already there, and our job is to listen and follow as it reveals itself.

Thank you.

Every "Pantser" has their own term for the same thing. I guess it comes with the territory :D I think the alternate terms are generally superior, more accurate.

So helpful,thank you.

I like to “plot” thematically - in terms of mood - indexed to music. A song will direct me to write whatever pattern of mood shifts and rising and falling tempo changes within the music may suggest.

This is my “home”. 😂 I’m so frustrated in my writing that I no longer even want a plot. That sounds stupid, but I want to write what pleases me, not what I am supposed to write in order to satisfy a string of story beats.

This is so creative and interesting!

This is really helpful!

A pediatric nephrologist and a liver transplant surgeon have both asked me to write a book. A mom’s perspective of 6 kidney transplants, between my three kids over 35 years and three hospitals, one waiting for a liver kidney, one who is skitzo due to meds, I was married to a sociopath. The surgeon we recently met was jaw dropped of who and what I knew, told me there’s no one! that has my history of transplant and experience as a mom. There are no books I don’t know if I can do this. A lot to relive.

I'm a complete beginner with no aspirations of writing seriously, yet my process even for writing an internet comment like this is something I can't seem to pinpoint in terms of "plotter" or "pantser" or "intuitive" or "methodological". I'm a bit confused about the distinctions. What I do -- if I relate it to drawing -- is that I skip around all over the place and iterate and iterate. So if I'm drawing a portrait, I don't draw in a sequential fashion like draw a left eye and complete it in full detail, then right eye, and so forth. I move around the entire canvas all the time. I need to do that because I'm a detail-obsessed person and -- if I spend too much time on anything without skipping and moving about -- I quickly lose sight of the forest for the trees. To be able to understand the relationship of every single part against every single other part I'm working on (so that the whole adds up harmoniously to more than the sum of its parts), I have to force myself to keep moving all over the place and never spend too much time on anything. Even if I'm tempted to detail something to the nth degree, I forcefully restrain myself and move onto something else which needs to be fleshed out more. Is there a term for this type of iterative process among writers? I suspect if I ever became confident enough to write a book, I would just iterate and iterate over the outline until it becomes the book. I also don't see the difference between "outline" and "book". I just see an outline as a first draft, sparsely-detailed. Then with each iteration, it becomes more detailed and fleshed out. It's like if we start with the summary of a movie, we just keep iterating over it until it becomes the entire screenplay.

I use the Snowflake method - sort of. I love the idea of getting the big picture of my story, but I never really know how it ends, and no matter how much work I do on my characters, I really don't know them until I start writing them. And oh my word, your description of the story already existing and needing to find it is very much my process. I use the Snowflake method as the archeology camp so to speak. I have tried to use structure and while I love the idea of it, I just can't. Thank you so much for talking about this. There aren't very many people who talk about this way of writing. :)

This was useful one key missing in the video is showing evidence just like you said show not tell when stating any step or point

After spending years listening to people online talk about structure and beats ans themes I got frustrated and just startes writing and so far it aeems to be working. The frustration also set off a lightning bolt as well. That helped me create know where I was going with all my characters. I have a day job plus two kids 2 & 7. So i write wherever and whenever i can. Even if its justa few sentences.

This video just showed up at the top of my scroll. I can totally relate to this person. I also HAVE TO listen to music when I write. I even have special curated playlists that I listen to when I write. I've started writing a comic book series.

Thanks again, I’m actually writing on my own memoir right now, up to page 18

i have been wanting to write a memoir for 4 years now, i have piles of journals and notebooks -- i am so glad i found your channel! i was getting overwhelmed on where to start. i have never written a book!

This was useful for my G9 class! Thanks!

Thanks so much. I’m just starting to write my memoir. Your teachings are very helpful. Thank you. ✍️♥️

My older sister was a confidence destroyer.

You have just changed my Life…

But my whole life is more interesting and unbelievable than any other, which all builds up to an event that's never happened in the world to anyone else before, and then the farce and interesting things that happened to my life, after it happened. Is this a Memoir I'm writing, or something else? This book needs to be written though. I have an extraordinary memory and would like to add loads of these things that are important in my life. I remember being a baby for example.

Thank you, it helps through my projects at school

These techniques have really helped me a lot! Thank you!

This is great. Thank you

Thank you again❤

OH MY GOD. I feel like I was meant to see this video today! I have JUST realised after working 10 f***ing years on the same story, that I am VERY much an intuitive writer, I just hate not knowing and letting my doubts and insecurity take over! Then you said your kids were 4 and 7 years old … SO IS MINE … 😂 And THEEEEEN, you told that you use ORACLE CARDS, LIKE I JUST BOUGHT!!!!! I have gotten the “INTUITION” card every time, along with the play and creativity card - I just LOVE that everything is fallen into place, and I am finally letting go of my old “security blanket” story and writing something new, I ham SO excited to figure out these characters! Thank you thank you thank you! SUBSCRIBED! ❤

Intuitive writers possess a unique gift. Embrace it, folks. With ADD I find it exceptionally hard to read books, but I can write them strangely.

Thank you for your instructive videos. I’m attempting to write a memoir about our 20 year journey with our son through addiction and depression. Alex was a handsome, smart young man who was unable to defeat his demons despite multiple 28 day inpatient programs and numerous doctors and therapists. He died last December after ingesting hand sanitizer and passing out in the cold. Dealing with a child’s death is uniquely excruciating, but my wife and I are blessed to not suffer guilt or regret. We loved Alex and did everything we could to help him. We learned that love is not enough sometimes. I have no idea if others will be interested in our story. He was a beautiful, happy little boy who had a loving family. It wasn’t enough. I will definitely need a lot of editing support. Alex had a passion for manual typewriters. I’m writing the first draft using his refurbished Olympia. I feel his warmth and see his smile every morning when I take the dust cover off his machine. I plan to finish writing this draft before thinking about what is next.

I'm so excited to have found your channel! Thank you so much for sharing all this great info <3

I think everyone shold write a memoir

Thanks! Super helpful!

This is an excellent breakdown that actually got me excited about seeing this progress.

Thank you Brooke, your amazing. I found you the end of last year. I have listened to everyone of your videos. My writing has taken off.

Hi I’m Elizabeth wanto lerm how to write my memoir

I am new writer my memor I’m in CT

Thank you, i found out I was a turtle! I write at a certain time limit and a certain amount of words!

Thank you for the video !

Brooke, I’ve carried my story so long. It’s about a tumultuous childhood and overcoming the trauma. Is it acceptable to tell it chronologically? Each stage of my upbringing presented a plethora of challenges. No matter where I start it’s traumatic. Also, I’m mature if I don’t tell it now, it will die with me.

Thank you for this information. It will help my process.

Thank you for the step 12 process. It's very informative and takes some of the fear out of beginning.

Starting writing a memior Because of your videos my story has taken off

I am glad I found you

You are beyond incredible ❤

You actually dropped a boulder into my pond, my still green pond. ❤

Obstacles ❤ worthiness/ to be seen and heard 🥳 safety/creative wounds and ongoing wounding 😓 Inviting tenderness BRAVO Brooke

Love this