memoir Archives - Ann Kroeker, Writing Coach

What Lies Beneath the Surface of Your Life?

By Ann Kroeker / November 13, 2018

In last week’s interview, Patrice Gopo described the stories that bubbled up inside her—personal stories about topics she cared deeply

By Ann Kroeker / September 5, 2017

Last time we talked about taking a cue from Dani Shapiro and attempting to tell the story as we’re inside

By Ann Kroeker / August 29, 2017

In her recently released memoir, Hourglass, Dani Shapiro says she used to teach her students that writers need distance from

By Ann Kroeker / May 30, 2017

Memoir depends upon memories, yet memory is a living thing—a slippery, unreliable thing. In her book The Art of Memoir,

By Ann Kroeker / November 29, 2016

This week I want to encourage you to dip into memories and memoir. Even though this veers from the more

By Ann Kroeker / October 28, 2016

A friend of mine recommended I read Gilead. Even though it’s a work of fiction, my friend said it inspired her

By Ann Kroeker / November 25, 2015

The taper candles burned low, dripping tiny wax circles onto our gold tablecloth. The turkey carcass sat in the pan

By Ann Kroeker / July 21, 2015

The world of my childhood centered on a small farm in the American Midwest where my parents leased out the

By Ann Kroeker / December 14, 2011

Each Wednesday I’m recording a Curiosity Journal to recap the past week. Tag words are: reading, playing, learning, reacting and

By Ann Kroeker / June 1, 2011

I’m recording an occasional Curiosity Journal, a recap of the past week or so. Tag words are: reading, playing, learning,

By Ann Kroeker / October 13, 2010

I was ten, maybe, visiting my friend Becky, who lived on a farm down the street where they raised cows,