The Psychological Reason Your Memoir is Stuck

We all hear tell of the dreaded "writer's block," but often there's something more fundamental and psychological happening when you get stuck in the process of writing--or never really starting--your memoir.

We are always processing the events that have happened to us, and when those events are transformative in some way, it can take time to fully understand and integrate those experiences into our world view. That process is largely and internal one, so it can be so difficult to transition from working through that process in our heads and externalizing it on paper. Sometimes support is the missing element from moving from wanting to write a book to actually following through with it.

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Timestamps:

0:00- Intro

2:00-What are symptoms of being stuck?

3:00- You are thinking in circles

4:00- You're writing and then deleting

5:00- You always feel like you're starting over

6:50- You're constantly starting a different strategy

8:30 You have a processing problem, not a writing problem

10:00- Processing is internal, memoirs are external

13:00- Why memoirists struggle with this step

16:00- The psychological benefits of memoir writing

18:30- Memoir writing is self-love

20:30- Why MFA or comprehensive writing programs are not the solution

22:15- Have emotional support through the process

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