At our regular meeting on 13 October, Stella led a session on writing memoir, life stories and autobiography. Memoirs have become an increasingly popular form of creative writing in recent years (even putting aside all the stories which are really lightly veiled autobiographical fragments). After all, if we accept the old advice to ‘write about what you know’, what could be a more appropriate subject than your own life?

Update: The notes and reading list from the meeting are here: