Perfect Personal Essay


Author Nancy Slonim Aronie


Nancy Slonim AronieThe author of Memoir as Medicine and Writing from the Heart, Nancy Slonim Aronie is the founder of the Chilmark Writing Workshop on Martha's Vineyard, where she lives. She has been a regular contributor to National Public Radio's All Things Considered as well as a columnist for multiple newspapers. She has taught writing at such venues as Kripalu, Omega, Esalen, and Harvard. Learn more at ChilmarkWritingWorkshop.com.


Memoir and Personal Essay Writing


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Vulnerability is the element I value most in the personal narrative.


Incorporate the Three-Part Narrative

With the personal narrative, you need a beginning (an introduction), a body (the story), and a conclusion (the end).


Why Write?

Are you writing it to get it out of your body and onto the page? If no one ever sees it, will you still be fine? Are you writing to heal?