Another post I have written for Carrot Ranch on the themes and focus of memoir.
By Irene Waters
Although memoir is a true story of a particular part of your life, it must still have structure if you intend for others to read it. Firstly you have to decide what is the story that you want to tell. For most memoir writers it will be the most exciting, heart-pounding, significant time of their lives. For some, this may be their childhood to their coming of age (known as a bildungsroman) whilst for others, it may be an illness, an experience that happens later in life or it could be the relationship you had with a particular animal or a business venture you had undertaken. In reality – it can be any theme you choose. These days there are even immersion memoirs where a person will undertake some task or live amongst, e.g. footballers, for months and then write a memoir on this experience. For most…
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Reflections and Nightmares- Irene A Waters (writer and memoirist) 
Thank you for your guidance with creative non-fiction!
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You are more than welcome Charli. It not only makes others give some thought to the subject but it makes me think also.
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I find that when I explain a topic or technique to another, it pushes me to understand it better. I agree, it gives us all the chance to think.
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