Memoir — Editor's Blog

Equal Moments

Sometimes as writers we simply don’t trust our audience to get just how big a deal something is.

William KenowerMay 11, 2022Writing, William Kenower, Suffering, Memoir, Equality Comment

Everyone's Story

No one can know our story as we do.

William KenowerApril 4, 2022Writing, Stories, Memoir, Will Smith, Chris RockComment

Clever Cannibalism

How resourceful the imagination is, and how undaunted by something as trivial as factual truth.

William KenowerFebruary 23, 2022Writing, William Kenower, James Dean, Memory, MemoirComment

It's All Fiction

All of my past as I have come to know it is a fiction, by which I mean not the whole truth.

William KenowerJuly 26, 2021Writing, William Kenower, Claire Dederer, Fiction, Memoir Comment

Stay Interested

Without interest, nothing happens. It’s the fuel that runs every creative engine.

William KenowerMay 20, 2019Writing, William Kenower, Tembi Locke, Alan Gelb, Memoir, Stories, InterestComment

Friendly Disagreement

Therein lies the source of most disagreements: everyone’s taking a different route to the same place.

William KenowerMay 13, 2019Writing, William Kenower, Memoir, Personal Essay, Conflict, Characters, PeaceComment

As We've Always Been

If I’m writing about my life, I’m really writing about life itself, the thing I’m living in, the thing I’m a part of – the whole of creation, really.

William KenowerMay 8, 2019Stories, Memoir, Spirituality, Writing, William KenowerComment

No Apologies

Everyone’s innocent, but everyone also believes something that isn’t true.

William KenowerMarch 27, 2019William Kenower, Stories, Apology, Memoir, SpiritualityComment

Enemies and Allies

The difference between your enemies and allies is forgiveness.

William KenowerJanuary 30, 2019Writing, William kenower, Memoir, Spirituality, ForgivenessComment

Where The Story Is Told

The story is never, ever outside of us.

William KenowerJanuary 16, 2019Writing, Memoir, Stories, SpiritualityComment

It's Not About Me

I try write about sex as if the reader has never had sex, or going for a walk as if the reader has never gone for a walk.

William KenowerJuly 30, 2018Writing, Memoir, William kenower, spiritualityComment

Nobody Cares

Fear, Trust, WritingBill KenowerMay 16, 2016Memoir, Spirituality, William Kenower, WritingComment

Becoming the Author of Your Life

Fear, Stories, WritingBill KenowerNovember 4, 2015Memoir, Spirituality, Stories, Suffering, WritingComment

The Light of the Blank Page

Imagination, Stories, WritingBill KenowerAugust 4, 2015Belief, Bill Kenower, Memoir, Memory, Spirituality, Stories, WritingComment

Innocent Characters

Fear, Love, Stories, WritingBill KenowerJuly 9, 2015Bill Kenower, Characters, Ego, Kim Schneiderman, Memoir, Spirituality, WritingComment

Life Changing

Stories, WritingBill KenowerJune 8, 2015Bill Kenower, Heroes, Memoir, Spirituality, Stories, villains, WritingComment

Death of a Villain

Fear, Stories, WritingBill KenowerJune 1, 2015Bill Kenower, Fiction, Memoir, Spirituality, Stories, villains, WritingComment

Clever Cannibalism

Perception, WritingBill KenowerFebruary 24, 2015Bill Kenower, James Dean, Memoir, Memory, WritingComment

Rewriting History

Happiness, Perception, Stories, WritingBill KenowerSeptember 19, 2014Belief, Bill Kenower, Memoir, Pain, Perception, Stories, WritingComment

Remembering Stories

Stories, WritingBill KenowerAugust 5, 2014Andre Dubus, Bill Kenower, Memoir, Memories, Stories, WritingComment