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Ronit Plank @ronitplank.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I’m so pleased to share my interview with Suzanne Roberts who joins me on Let’s Talk Memoir for a conversation about her new multi- genre book 52 Writing Prompts: Inspiration for Writers. Here’s our full interview: ronitplank.com/2026/09/29/l... Thank you for being my guest, Suzanne!

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Ronit Plank @ronitplank.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

@debkossmann.bsky.social joins me at n Let’s Talk Memoir to talk about grieving what you didn’t get as a child, going back to rescue the past, and her memoir Lost Found Kept. Find our conversation on your favorite podcast platform and you can watch it here: substack.com/note/m-f1a77...

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Ronit Plank @ronitplank.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

September’s Substack is here✨ ronitplankletstalkmemoir.substack.com/p/when-and-h...

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Ronit Plank @ronitplank.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I’m so pleased to share my interview with Deborah Derrickson Kossmann who joins me for a conversation about recognizing when there is an emotional piece missing, wanting a memoir to read propulsively, keeping narrative arc in mind, and her memoir LOST FOUND KEPT. ronitplank.com/2026/09/15/l...

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Ronit Plank @ronitplank.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Online class starts this Friday! roundtable.org/live-courses...

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Ronit Plank @ronitplank.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Dear memoir writers, writing memoir is hard for sure, but you don’t have to do it alone.✨ Find Let’s Talk Memoir the podcast and the Substack for memoir tools, words of encouragement, and support throughout your memoir writing process.🧡

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Ronit Plank @ronitplank.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Memoir writing is challenging, but you don’t have to do it alone. My resources are here: linktr.ee/RonitPlank My resources are here: linktr.ee/RonitPlank

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Ronit Plank @ronitplank.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Let’s Talk Memoir is a writing podcast featuring hundreds of interviews with memoirists & beloved writing teachers.🧡 You can find Lets Talk Memoir on your favorite podcast platform & also on Substack as a newsletter. There’s no paywall to subscribe to either. ✨ podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...

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Ronit Plank @ronitplank.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

When we write with generosity we establish ourselves as a trustworthy narrator, allow readers to make decisions about our characters for themselves, and strengthen the stakes and tension in our story. My latest Let’s Talk Memoir Substack: ronitplankletstalkmemoir.substack.com/p/do-we-have...

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Do we have a responsibility to others as memoirists?

How we write about those who caused us pain

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Ronit Plank @ronitplank.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

My interview with Dr. Kara Zivin on maternal mental health, how we treat mothers and women in this country, and the act of sharing stories is now live. Thank you, Kara, for your courage and insight. Here’s the whole conversation: substack.com/note/m-77167...

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Ronit Plank @ronitplank.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

On writing memoir about those who have caused us pain — ICYMI August’s Let’s Talk Memoir Substack is live.📩 ronitplankletstalkmemoir.substack.com/p/do-we-have...

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Ronit Plank @ronitplank.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Do we have a responsibility to others as memoirists?: How we write about those who caused us pain Welcome to August’s Substack! ronitplankletstalkmemoir.substack.com/p/do-we-have...

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Ronit Plank @ronitplank.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

"When we write memoir, we search for our own truth and interrogate it against the backdrop of perhaps the bigger truth that we grew up with or were told to believe. My latest Let’s Talk Memoir Substack is out now.🧡 open.substack.com/pub/ronitpla...

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Ronit Plank @ronitplank.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

If you’re looking for memoir, writing advice, tools, and memoir classes check out my podcast and Substack Let’s Talk Memoir. 🧡 Classes here: ronitplank.com

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Ronit Plank @ronitplank.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

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/

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Ronit Plank @ronitplank.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

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.✨

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Ronit Plank @ronitplank.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

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...

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Memoir Writing: A Look at “The Truth” & What Your Memories are Already Telling You

Plus, a fresh writing prompt

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Ronit Plank @ronitplank.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

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.

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Ronit Plank @ronitplank.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

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...

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Memoir Writing: A Look at “The Truth” & What Your Memories are Already Telling You

Plus, a fresh writing prompt

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Ronit Plank @ronitplank.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

“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...

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Ronit Plank @ronitplank.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

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...

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Ronit Plank @ronitplank.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

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...

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Ronit Plank @ronitplank.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

To prologue in memoir or not to prologue? Read about it in June’s Let’s Talk Memoir Substack ⚡️ open.substack.com/pub/ronitpla...

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Ronit Plank @ronitplank.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

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...

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Ronit Plank @ronitplank.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

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...

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Ronit Plank on Memoir Advocacy

Memoir Nation · Episode

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Ronit Plank @ronitplank.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

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...

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Ronit Plank @ronitplank.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

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...

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Ronit Plank @ronitplank.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

@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.

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Ronit Plank @ronitplank.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

My new newsletter is here🎉 open.substack.com/pub/ronitpla...

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Ronit Plank @ronitplank.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

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...

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How much platform does an emerging memoirist need?

Plus: Finding a memoir structure, Swedish Fish, and our twenty-something selves

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Ronit Plank @ronitplank.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

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...

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How much platform does an emerging memoirist need?

Plus: Finding a memoir structure, Swedish Fish, and our twenty-something selves

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Ronit Plank @ronitplank.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

@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...

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Ronit Plank @ronitplank.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

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

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Ronit Plank @ronitplank.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

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...

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Ronit Plank @ronitplank.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

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...

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Ronit Plank @ronitplank.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

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...

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Ronit Plank @ronitplank.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

“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...

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Ronit Plank @ronitplank.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Love talking with you, Jill!✨

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Ronit Plank @ronitplank.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

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...

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Too Many Cooks in Our Memoir Kitchen?

On accepting and rejecting feedback

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Ronit Plank @ronitplank.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT HEALING IS POSSIBLE. THAT’S WHY I WROTE THIS BOOK. YOU DON’T HAVE TO HAVE AN APOLOGY, YOU DON’T HAVE TO HAVE THE KODAK MOMENT. YOU CAN STILL HEAL YOURSELF.” - Stephanie Weaver ronitplank.com/2026/04/09/l...

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Ronit Plank @ronitplank.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Writing memoir is complex and can be challenging even for experienced writers. But you don’t have to do it alone.🧡 Let’s Talk Memoir🎧 is a podcast and a Substack featuring hundreds of interviews with memoirists and dozens of paywall-free craft advice essays.📝 ronitplank.com/lets-talk-me...

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Ronit Plank @ronitplank.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Our truth in different genres, going deeper, and welcoming others into our work This month's Substack is teeming with resources March’s Substack is here! open.substack.com/pub/ronitpla...

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Our truth in different genres, going deeper, and welcoming others into our work

This month's Substack is teeming with resources

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