Ronit Plank
@ronitplank.bsky.social
Stories save us 🧡 𝗛𝗼𝘀𝘁/𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗱: Let's Talk Memoir podcast🎙️ 𝗖𝗡𝗙 𝗘𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿: The Citron Review • 𝗠𝘆 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀: WHEN SHE COMES BACK, HOME IS A MADE-UP PLACE • Memoir teacher & editor • 𝗠𝗙𝗔 𝗶𝗻 𝗡𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, Pacific University
The nature of memory comes up a lot when we study memoir & write in this genre. Of course we want to render our most honest truth on the page but memoir is not reportage. Learn more at my podcast & Substack Let’s Talk Memoir & find upcoming courses here: ronitplank.com/events/
As memoir writers we are not charged with reporting facts, but with capturing our lived experience on the page. You can read more about this in July’s Let’s Talk Memoir Substack and listen to my podcast Let’s Talk Memoir, now with over 250 episodes.✨
As memoirists we are charged with finding meaning and resonance in our journeys of self-discovery, not reporting the facts. open.substack.com/pub/ronitpla...
Memoir Writing: A Look at “The Truth” & What Your Memories are Already Telling You
Plus, a fresh writing prompt
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Third Place Books is my favorite bookstore in Seattle, especially the Ravenna location. Third Place Books Ravenna hosted an event for my second book and I’m so happy to see both my books on their shelves when I’m there.
Memoir Writing: A Look at “The Truth” & What Your Memories are Already Telling You ✨Plus, a fresh writing prompt✨ Here is July’s Substack: open.substack.com/pub/ronitpla...
Memoir Writing: A Look at “The Truth” & What Your Memories are Already Telling You
Plus, a fresh writing prompt
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One week until this Memoir Ask-Me-Anything⚡️ Save your spot here: www.eventbrite.com/e/memoir-ask...
Memoir Ask-Me-Anything
In this lively & welcoming hour get answers to your memoir writing & publishing questions, meet other memoirists, & set new writing goals!
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“OTHER AUTHORS ARE NOT YOUR COMPETITION, THEY'RE YOUR PEERS, THEY'RE YOUR FRIENDS. THERE'S ROOM FOR EVERYBODY." -Jenny Lisk Jenny Lisk joins Let’s Talk Memoir for a conversation about what every author can do well before their books come out & her memoir FUTURE WIDOW. ronitplank.com/2026/07/07/l...
I’m hosting a Memoir Ask-Me-Anything virtual event on July 15, 2026 at 11:30 AM PT/2:30 PM ET. 🎉 In this lively hour there’ll be memoir resources, a memoirist mixer, and answers to your writing and publishing questions✨ www.eventbrite.com/e/memoir-ask...
ICYMI Cinelle Barnes is my guest on Let’s Talk Memoir for a conversation about her latest book, A Way Home: A Memoir of Losing Yourself, and the Beauty of Returning. Find Let’s Talk Memoir on your favorite podcast platform and here: ronitplank.com/2026/06/16/l...
To prologue in memoir or not to prologue? Read about it in June’s Let’s Talk Memoir Substack ⚡️ open.substack.com/pub/ronitpla...
June’s Let’s Talk Memoir Substack is here featuring: -three opportunities to work with me on memoir -to prologue or not to prologue -how memoir makes us better Subscribing is free! open.substack.com/pub/ronitpla...
I’m so pleased to share my interview on Memoir Nation with incredible co-hosts @brookewarner.bsky.social and Grant Faulkner. This episode is all about memoir advocacy.🧡 open.spotify.com/episode/7le8...
Ronit Plank on Memoir Advocacy
Memoir Nation · Episode
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I’m so pleased to share my interview with The Cut’s Amil Niazi who joins Let’s Talk Memoir for a conversation about her new memoir Life After Ambition: A “Good Enough” Memoir. Thank you, Amil, for being my guest. What a pleasure to have this time with you! ronitplank.com/2026/06/09/l...
This fall I’m teaching a 5-day workshop Writing Dynamic Memoir: From Lived Experience to Gripping Story in Archer City, TX. If you’re looking for an immersive & nurturing writing experience to help take your project to its next evocative stage, join us! www.lmcmurtrylitcenter.org/workshops/wr...
@melissafebos.bsky.social joins me on Let’s Talk Memoir for a conversation about protecting our writing life, the project of looking at ourselves honestly, and her memoir THE DRY SEASON, now in paperback. Listen on your favorite podcast platform or watch on my Let’s Talk Memoir Substack.
It's true that structure is a comforting tool to lean on while writing but I've found that we don't always know which structure serves our memoir until we've excavated our material for its meaning open.substack.com/pub/ronitpla...
How much platform does an emerging memoirist need?
Plus: Finding a memoir structure, Swedish Fish, and our twenty-something selves
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May’s Let’s Talk Memoir Substack is here! How much platform does an emerging memoirist need? Plus: Finding a memoir structure, Swedish Fish, and The Love Boat Read it on Substack: open.substack.com/pub/ronitpla...
How much platform does an emerging memoirist need?
Plus: Finding a memoir structure, Swedish Fish, and our twenty-something selves
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@timothysrodriguez.bsky.social joins me on Let’s Talk Memoir for a conversation about writing memoir as an act of resistance and his new memoir: CONVERSION THERAPY DROPOUT. listen here: ronitplank.com/2026/05/19/l...
Thank you for sharing Let’s Talk Memoir, @jillmccabejohnson.bsky.social 🎉
Jill McCabe Johnson@jillmccabejohnson.bsky.social · 3mo agoAre y'all tuning into this podcast, Let's Talk Memoir, with @ronitplank.bsky.social? One of my favs with great interviews and insights into the art of memoir writing. Highly recommend!
Let’s Talk Memoir season 8 is here! Please join me on your favorite podcast platform for hundreds of interviews with writing teachers and memoirists about their writing life and process. Now with interviews you can watch on Substack and YouTube.🎉 #MemoiristsKeepItReal
Thank you, @kkc212.bsky.social 🧡
Kelly Caldwell@kkc212.bsky.social · 3mo ago"No, I whisper, Thank you. For feeding my boy at midnight, his second dinner, our first quiet moment this bustling trip." Read @ronitplank.bsky.social's Beautiful Thing before you go to bed tonight. You'll thank me later. riverteethjournal.com/beautiful-th... #WritingCommunity #NYC #FoodTrucks
I’m so pleased to share my conversation withTimothy S. Rodriguez who joins Let’s Talk Memoir for a conversation about his new memoir Conversion Therapy Dropout: A Queer Story of Faith and Belonging. Here’s the whole episode: open.spotify.com/episode/66RS...
I am thrilled to have “To the Food Truck Cook on the Upper West Side” appear in Beautiful Things today. Thank you to the editors at @riverteeth.bsky.social A privilege to work with you. riverteethjournal.com/beautiful-th...
I’ve got some exciting Let’s Talk Memoir news coming up as well as new memoir writing offerings I’ll be announcing soon. 🎉 To stay up on the latest find me here and subscribe to my Let’s Talk Memoir newsletter — there’s no paywall.🧡 ⚡️⚡️⚡️ open.substack.com/pub/ronitpla...
“I THINK BEING ABLE AT THIS AGE AND AT THIS POINT IN MY LIFE TO OWN MY STORY IS EMPOWERING, IT’S VULNERABLE. IT’S DEFINITELY SCARY BUT IT’S ALSO FREEING.” - Jacque Gorelick @jacgorelick.bsky.social joins me for Let’s Talk Memoir episode 239! ronitplank.com/2026/05/05/l...
Love talking with you, Jill!✨
Jill Christman@jillchristman.bsky.social · 3mo ago@ronitplank.bsky.social & I had a great time recording this episode. Leash up a good dog, lace up your sneakers, and give it a listen! (or, you know, stay put, & we'll come to you) @riverteeth.bsky.social @univnebpress.bsky.social @pinestatepublicity.bsky.social ronitplank.com/2026/04/28/l...
Too many cooks in our memoir kitchen? I’ve got a fresh Let’s Tapk Memoir Substack out for April on accepting and rejecting feedback + I’m doing a Substack Live tomorrow with my friend Stephanie Weaver. 🎉 open.substack.com/pub/ronitpla...
Too Many Cooks in Our Memoir Kitchen?
On accepting and rejecting feedback
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Very pleased to be in the latest from The Sh*t About Writing! open.substack.com/pub/theshita...
✨Nothing is Wasted; Not Time, Not Words✨
Plus, join Carly at the Ottawa International Writers Festival. And don't miss this week's Books with Hooks!
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