Beth Jusino
Reading Your Memoir Like a Developmental Editor
Time permitting, we'll talk about:
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The Premise, the Promise, and the Hook of Your Memoir: What sets your personal story apart for your ideal readers?
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Considering Your Characters: How do the real people in your life come across on the written page? We’ll talk about how to treat friends, family, and foes both fairly and realistically.
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How Your Scenes Work Together: Looking at how active events work together to support the story and keep the reader's interest.
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Getting to Know Your Narrator (Yes, You): In memoir, the writer plays a double role as both protagonist and narrator. We’ll examine the perspective and voice you’re using to structure and share experiences.
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Trust But Verify: How do you, as a writer, balance facts with sometimes faulty or incomplete memories?
About
Beth Jusino has more than twenty-five years of experience helping writers navigate the complicated space between initial idea and final book. A former literary agent, she’s now an award-winning author, teacher, ghostwriter, and full-time editor for Mountaineers Books, an independent nonfiction press. Beth is the author of the award-winning memoir Walking to the End of the World: A Thousand Miles on the Camino de Santiago, and has authored or collaborated on more than a dozen additional memoirs published by major houses, small presses, and independent authors. Beth teaches and serves on the advisory board for the University of Washington’s Certificate in Editing program. is a member of The Authors Guild and the Northwest Editors Guild, and she teaches classes on the business and craft of writing at conferences, libraries, and literary festivals across the country. She lives in Seattle.
Visit her online at www.bethjusino.com.