# Everyone has a story to tell, and why your memoir matters, with Grant Faulkner Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/grammar-girl-for-writers-and-language-lovers-159700/everyone-has-a-story-to-tell-and-why-your-memoir-matters-with-grant-faulkner Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/grammar-girl-for-writers-and-language-lovers-159700/everyone-has-a-story-to-tell-and-why-your-memoir-matters-with-grant-faulkner.md Podcast: [Grammar Girl: For Writers and Language Lovers.](https://stenobird.com/podcast/grammar-girl-for-writers-and-language-lovers-159700) Published: 2026-05-28T09:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/grammar-girl/episodes/1189 Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/69c1476c007cdcf83fc0964b/e/6a14f8d9942fd18754096ac9/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/grammar-girl-for-writers-and-language-lovers-159700/episodes/everyone-has-a-story-to-tell-and-why-your-memoir-matters-with-grant-faulkner Duration seconds: 1563 ## Resource 1189. This week, we talk to Grant Faulkner, co-founder of Memoir Nation and former executive director of NaNoWriMo, about what makes writing a memoir different from writing fiction. We look at why memory is more story than recording, how trauma fragments the way people use language and narrative structure, and why you don't need an extraordinary life to write a compelling memoir. Grant also explains what a flash novel is and why the form is taking off, and he shares his advice for anyone ready to sit down and start writing their story.  GrantFaulkner.com 🔗  Join the Grammar Girl Patreon. 🔗  Share your familect recording in  Speakpipe  or by leaving a voicemail at 833-214-GIRL (833-214-4475) 🔗  Watch my  LinkedIn Learning writing courses . 🔗  Subscribe to the  newsletter . 🔗  Take  our advertising survey . 🔗  Get the edited  transcript here . 🔗  Get  Grammar Girl books . | HOST: Mignon Fogarty | Grammar Girl is part of  the Quick and Dirty Tips podcast network . Audio Engineer: Dan Feierabend Director of Podcast: Holly Hutchings Advertising Operations Specialist: Morgan Christianson Marketing and Video: Nat Hoopes, Rebekah Sebastian Podcast Associate: Maram Elnagheeb | Theme music by  Catherine Rannus . | Grammar Girl Social Media:  YouTube .  TikTok .  Facebook .  Threads .  Instagram .  LinkedIn .  Mastodon .  Bluesky . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/grammar-girl-for-writers-and-language-lovers-159700/episodes/everyone-has-a-story-to-tell-and-why-your-memoir-matters-with-grant-faulkner/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/grammar-girl-for-writers-and-language-lovers-159700/everyone-has-a-story-to-tell-and-why-your-memoir-matters-with-grant-faulkner.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.