Book Coaching 101, Part 4: 5 Reasons Memoir is the Hardest Genre to Coach

An exploration of a genre

I am about a month away from launching a certification course in memoir – something I said I would never do.

I said I would never do it because I believe that to coach memoir well, you need to understand the narrative principles and structures of both fiction and nonfiction. 

A memoir is a story, so you need to understand what makes a good scene, how to g…