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Many memoirs are written for personal satisfaction and are often published as short books of less than 100 pages that are distributed to a small group of family and friends. Often, only twenty-five books are printed. There are no plans for the book to become an international best seller. You can be compensated for writing these types of memoirs.
Obtaining Customers
Make it known that you are available to write memoirs. Create a website and a blog; print and distribute business cards; print and distribute ballpoint pens with your name, phone number, and Web addresses; set up a professional profile on Google, Yahoo!, and LinkedIn; join a local or state writers' club and participate in their activities; and make yourself available to speak to organizations and professional groups.
Writing and Interviewing
Set up an interview series with your client. These could be 60 to 90 minutes long, once a week for several weeks, in person or over the phone. Make use of a digital voice recorder. After you've transcribed each interview (I prefer to pay someone to transcribe so I can focus on writing), edit, rewrite, and arrange the manuscript so that events are presented in a logical order and the finished manuscript sounds like the author. You are the author. Your client wrote the manuscript and owns the rights to the finished product. The editing and writing will take ten times as long as the interviews.
As one or more chapters are completed, send the manuscript to your client for review.
Obtaining Customers
Make it known that you are available to write memoirs. Create a website and a blog; print and distribute business cards; print and distribute ballpoint pens with your name, phone number, and Web addresses; set up a professional profile on Google, Yahoo!, and LinkedIn; join a local or state writers' club and participate in their activities; and make yourself available to speak to organizations and professional groups.
Writing and Interviewing
Set up an interview series with your client. These could be 60 to 90 minutes long, once a week for several weeks, in person or over the phone. Make use of a digital voice recorder. After you've transcribed each interview (I prefer to pay someone to transcribe so I can focus on writing), edit, rewrite, and arrange the manuscript so that events are presented in a logical order and the finished manuscript sounds like the author. You are the author. Your client wrote the manuscript and owns the rights to the finished product. The editing and writing will take ten times as long as the interviews.
As one or more chapters are completed, send the manuscript to your client for review.
