The difference between a memoir and a list of events is the narrative arc. In life interviews, your writer listens for the thread that ties your experiences together, the question your story answers, and builds the book around it. Scenes are written with detail and dialogue so readers live the moments with you.
Memoirs often involve real people and painful memories. We talk through what you want to share, how to portray family members and others fairly, and where privacy or permission matters, so you can be honest without regret.
Life-story interviews and a theme for the book
A narrative outline built around your arc
Scene-led chapter drafts with review rounds
A complete memoir manuscript ready for editing
We talk through your idea, your goals and how involved you want to be.
Your writer proposes a structure. Nothing is drafted until you approve it.
Chapters move forward in agreed batches with review rounds.
You receive the complete manuscript, ready for editing and publishing.
Here is what you gain when your book is handled by a specialist writing team at Potter Publishers, working alongside editors, designers and publishing specialists under one roof.
LIVE CHATYour book is planned chapter by chapter before drafting, so the finished manuscript reads as one connected whole rather than a collection of pieces.
Interviews, samples and review rounds keep the writing sounding like you, whether the book is a memoir, a business book or a novel.
You share your knowledge and stories in conversations; the writer turns them into polished pages on an agreed schedule.
Agreements cover confidentiality and confirm that you own the manuscript and the copyright when the project is complete.
Every book is different, so we quote each project individually. The main factors are:
We are a full-service publishing team for independent authors in Australia and the United States. Writers, editors, designers and marketers work together on your book, so every stage connects and nothing is lost between suppliers.
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Life interviews, an agreed narrative arc and outline, chapter drafts with review rounds, and a complete manuscript ready for editing.
We discuss how to portray them fairly, and flag where changing names or details, or seeking permission, would be wise.
An autobiography covers a whole life, usually in order. A memoir focuses on one theme or period and tells it as a story.
