Breaking Point, Back Story, Resolution: A Three-Part Structure for Memoir
Jane Friedman
OCTOBER 30, 2024
Photo by Dennis Anderson on Unsplash Today’s post is by writer, editor, and book coach Jennifer Landau. According to writer Jessica Ciencin Henriquez, many effective personal essays follow a three-part structure: breaking point, back story, resolution. This format works well for memoir, too. When writing your memoir, you begin at the point when something in your life has shifted and can no longer be ignored.
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