This nonfiction, how-to-memoir, encourages readers as well as writers to pick up their pens and share their own stories. Using a brand new set of writer's tools, seasoned as well as beginning writers learn how to show, not tell, their stories in any genre they choose and, just as crucial, how to sort and save what is important while discarding what is not. But there's more. For those who think they can't recall enough memories to write about, this book shows how to retrieve more memories than they dreamed possible. Genealogists see their ancestors in a different light; memoirists search for, find, and develop memories that have been hidden away in the “dark rooms” of their minds; and readers who have never considered writing get the urge to pick up a pen and share events from their own pasts. From simple memories, to short poems or lengthy memoir, readers are encouraged to "sharpen your pick, polish your shovel, and start digging…"
