Memory Writers Network » Hero’s Journey http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog Hundreds of Essays and Interviews to Help You Read and Write Memoirs Tue, 15 May 2012 12:09:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 2006-2007 jerrywaxler@yahoo.com (Jerry Waxler) jerrywaxler@yahoo.com (Jerry Waxler) Self-help 1440 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/LearnMemoirCoverFront-small.jpg Memory Writers Network http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog 144 144 Reading and writing memoirs. Record the Stories of Your Life, tips, how-to, memoir book reviews, by Jerry Waxler memoir, writers, self-help, book-reviews, essays Jerry Waxler Jerry Waxler jerrywaxler@yahoo.com no no Endings of Memoirs: She Returns Home http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/endings-memoirs-return/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/endings-memoirs-return/#comments Tue, 20 Sep 2011 11:39:06 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=1324 Continue reading →]]> http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/endings-memoirs-return/feed/ 0 Myths Suggest a Universal Template for Memoirs http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/myths-template-memoirs/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/myths-template-memoirs/#comments Mon, 20 Dec 2010 13:18:05 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=1052 Continue reading →]]> http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/myths-template-memoirs/feed/ 0 The Protagonist of a Memoir Must have a Goal and Obstacles http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/protagonist-goal-obstacles/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/protagonist-goal-obstacles/#comments Thu, 02 Dec 2010 13:55:06 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=1026 Continue reading →]]> http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/protagonist-goal-obstacles/feed/ 1 Seeking Truth in a far off land, “American Shaolin” Part 3 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/spirituality-shaolin-pt3/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/spirituality-shaolin-pt3/#comments Mon, 14 Dec 2009 13:01:56 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=676 Continue reading →]]> http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/spirituality-shaolin-pt3/feed/ 0 Flawed heroes and mechanical body parts: Shaolin Memoir Part 2 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/flawed-heroes-and-mechanical-body-parts-shaolin-memoir-part-2/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/flawed-heroes-and-mechanical-body-parts-shaolin-memoir-part-2/#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:46:44 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=659 Continue reading →]]> http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/flawed-heroes-and-mechanical-body-parts-shaolin-memoir-part-2/feed/ 2 How These Memoir Authors Emerged Into Adulthood http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/examples-emerging-adult/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/examples-emerging-adult/#comments Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:15:52 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=651 Continue reading →]]> http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/examples-emerging-adult/feed/ 0 User’s Guide to the Brain by a Writer Who Lost Half of Hers http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/brain-stroke-insight-taylor/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/brain-stroke-insight-taylor/#comments Wed, 10 Dec 2008 13:20:40 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=319 Continue reading →]]> http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/brain-stroke-insight-taylor/feed/ 0 Kate Braestrup’s memoir transforms grief into love http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/kate-braestrups-memoir-transforms-grief-into-love/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/kate-braestrups-memoir-transforms-grief-into-love/#comments Tue, 06 May 2008 11:20:07 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=128 Continue reading →]]> http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/kate-braestrups-memoir-transforms-grief-into-love/feed/ 3 0:00:01 On her journey from grief back into full connection with the living, Braestrup sets her sights beyond her personal experience. Through her study to be a minister and her work with the public, she raises huge questions, and then through the magic of [...] On her journey from grief back into full connection with the living, Braestrup sets her sights beyond her personal experience. Through her study to be a minister and her work with the public, she raises huge questions, and then through the magic of storytelling makes me feel that together we can understand it all. Spirituality/Transcendence Jerry Waxler no no Barack Obama’s memoir ends with a homecoming http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/barack-obamas-memoir-ends-with-a-homecoming/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/barack-obamas-memoir-ends-with-a-homecoming/#comments Tue, 22 May 2007 11:26:09 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=35 Continue reading →]]> http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/barack-obamas-memoir-ends-with-a-homecoming/feed/ 4 Finished Memoir: Angela’s Ashes http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/finished-memoir-angelas-ashes/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/finished-memoir-angelas-ashes/#comments Fri, 20 Apr 2007 10:34:01 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=21 Continue reading →]]> http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/finished-memoir-angelas-ashes/feed/ 3