At a time when the sexual revolution and the feminist movement were opening doors for American women, young Karen Moses left her parents' middle-class home in the Bronx and set out to live her own free life, unencumbered by social convention.

What would you do if your guidance counselor proposed that you abandon your artistic ambitions in favor of a “sensible” career? A career in service to others, one that involves panty hose, white oxfords, and the handling of bodily fluids? If you were a high school girl in 1972, chances are you would say, “Oh, okay,” and get on with it. If you were Gloria Baker, you would make up your mind to be the best nurse ever.

Memoirists often talk about life-changing moments. Identifying them is an essential step in turning lived experience into art.

The prompt: Write a poem that includes the phrase "The life you have." Morning walk, Foret de Fontainebleau, Rue des Princes. Nothing...

The women behind the pies did what they had to do. They got on with it. They managed.

Mr. T has been on dialysis for six years. We are captives of the French health-care system. My diary is about making every day count.

Was there ever a time when you began to doubt one of your core beliefs? What happened and how did you respond?

When you finish the “I Remember” exercise, take a look at what you’ve got to see if it contains a story.

This writing exercise was inspired by a well-known children's story.

Once upon a time in Los Angeles I was the managing editor of a magazine called Buzz. My job—one of my jobs—was to make sure the editorial...

“My grandmother Louisa, on my father's side, lived in a small house in the village of Continvoir, where I was born. My sister and I spent...

Before you begin another round of revisions, ask yourself these two questions.

If you're wondering what to write about, start with a tree. Or a car. Or a pair of blue jeans. Any object, of any size or shape, that...

Autobiography is tough. Whether 200 pages or 200 words, it's all about selection. What do you put in and what do you leave out?

"I'm feeling kinda intimidated because there are so many good writers in this group." Someone in our Pix Into Words workshop said that...

A "Pictures Into Words" writing prompt My mother wrote this piece in a 2011 Korongo workshop called “Pictures Into Words.” The idea for...

I love old photographs. You, too? I've got tons. Some have labels, and some don't. Scrupulously guarded in family albums for years, they...

Korongo co-founder Patrick Texier is testing the Storyworth.com memoir-writing platform with the help of his children and grandchildren:...

"deepest river coming up. Some say waist deep. Some say can go down and find shallower place maybe. Cross tomorrow or next day. More cold...

Patrick is working on a Storyworth project with his children and grandchildren—they pose the questions, he writes the answers. Below is...