WRITING & PUBLISHING

How to Write a Memoir That’s More Than a Memoir

When one story’s not enough to tell the whole story

Aimee Liu
The Writing Cooperative
7 min readDec 2, 2021

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No one sets out to write a memoir on a whim. This particular form of nonfiction is almost always written in response to a personal experience that burrows so deep, it won’t let go until its whole story is investigated. The memoir, then…

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Author, Asian-American novels (Glorious Boy), nonfiction on eating disorders (Gaining), writing, wellness. Published @Hachette. MFA & more@ aimeeliu.net