by Steven Shelton | Mar 18, 2026 | Uncategorized
One of my pet peeves is when people improperly use the pronouns “I” and “me” in their writing. They are the most common grammar mistakes in modern writing. You hear it in everyday speech, you see it in emails, and it regularly slips into manuscripts that otherwise...
by Steven Shelton | Mar 5, 2026 | Uncategorized
When you write a memoir to be sold, you’re providing a product to meet a demand in the marketplace. Your job as the writer is to give readers what they want. That’s basic economics. But what do memoir readers want? Emotional connections Although memoir is a true...
by Steven Shelton | Jan 27, 2026 | content
Like me, you’re nobody famous, but you want to write a memoir—or you’ve already completed some drafts. Before you put your story on the page or publish the finished manuscript, make sure you meet the expectations of today’s readers. By “readers,” I don’t mean your...
by Steven Shelton | Jan 4, 2026 | content
“Narrative voice” is a concept you might find as difficult to conceptualize as Schrödinger’s cat—tucked away in a closed box that exists in a state of quantum superposition. If that’s the kind of uncertainty you feel, you’re overthinking it just as I did for several...
