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
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
Remember, a memoir is not everything we’ve ever done and lived through. Memoir transcends the general to become a narrative of growth, change, and understanding: a journey of self-discovery.🧡
Read more in my latest Let’s Talk Memoir Substack.
ronitplankletstalkmemoir.substack.com/p/when-and-h...
Read more in my latest Let’s Talk Memoir Substack.
ronitplankletstalkmemoir.substack.com/p/when-and-h...
October 5, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Remember, a memoir is not everything we’ve ever done and lived through. Memoir transcends the general to become a narrative of growth, change, and understanding: a journey of self-discovery.🧡
Read more in my latest Let’s Talk Memoir Substack.
ronitplankletstalkmemoir.substack.com/p/when-and-h...
Read more in my latest Let’s Talk Memoir Substack.
ronitplankletstalkmemoir.substack.com/p/when-and-h...
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!
Here’s our full interview:
ronitplank.com/2026/09/29/l...
Thank you for being my guest, Suzanne!
September 29, 2026 at 3:39 PM
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!
Here’s our full interview:
ronitplank.com/2026/09/29/l...
Thank you for being my guest, Suzanne!
@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...
Find our conversation on your favorite podcast platform and you can watch it here:
substack.com/note/m-f1a77...
September 19, 2026 at 8:57 PM
@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...
Find our conversation on your favorite podcast platform and you can watch it here:
substack.com/note/m-f1a77...
September 16, 2026 at 1:20 AM
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...
ronitplank.com/2026/09/15/l...
September 15, 2026 at 2:34 PM
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...
ronitplank.com/2026/09/15/l...
September 6, 2026 at 6:28 PM
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.🧡
Find Let’s Talk Memoir the podcast and the Substack for memoir tools, words of encouragement, and support throughout your memoir writing process.🧡
September 2, 2026 at 10:30 PM
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.🧡
Find Let’s Talk Memoir the podcast and the Substack for memoir tools, words of encouragement, and support throughout your memoir writing process.🧡
My new class begins in 10 days online with Roundtable by the 92nd St Y. If you’re free for an hour on Fridays from 9/11-11/6 I hope you’ll join us!
roundtable.org/live-courses...
roundtable.org/live-courses...
Reading Contemporary Memoirs: The Complicated Mother
Our mothers bring us into the world, and form our foundational understanding of how the world and relationships work. But, as we all discover sometime during adolescence, our mothers are people too: c...
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September 1, 2026 at 6:29 PM
My new class begins in 10 days online with Roundtable by the 92nd St Y. If you’re free for an hour on Fridays from 9/11-11/6 I hope you’ll join us!
roundtable.org/live-courses...
roundtable.org/live-courses...
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
My resources are here: linktr.ee/RonitPlank
August 31, 2026 at 3:18 PM
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
My resources are here: linktr.ee/RonitPlank
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...
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...
August 27, 2026 at 8:47 PM
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...
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...
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...
My latest Let’s Talk Memoir Substack:
ronitplankletstalkmemoir.substack.com/p/do-we-have...
Do we have a responsibility to others as memoirists?
How we write about those who caused us pain
ronitplankletstalkmemoir.substack.com
August 23, 2026 at 5:24 PM
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...
My latest Let’s Talk Memoir Substack:
ronitplankletstalkmemoir.substack.com/p/do-we-have...
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...
Here’s the whole conversation:
substack.com/note/m-77167...
August 22, 2026 at 2:58 PM
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...
Here’s the whole conversation:
substack.com/note/m-77167...
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...
ronitplankletstalkmemoir.substack.com/p/do-we-have...
August 21, 2026 at 9:36 PM
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...
ronitplankletstalkmemoir.substack.com/p/do-we-have...
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...
How we write about those who caused us pain
Welcome to August’s Substack!
ronitplankletstalkmemoir.substack.com/p/do-we-have...
August 17, 2026 at 9:14 PM
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...
How we write about those who caused us pain
Welcome to August’s Substack!
ronitplankletstalkmemoir.substack.com/p/do-we-have...
"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...
My latest Let’s Talk Memoir Substack is out now.🧡
open.substack.com/pub/ronitpla...
August 9, 2026 at 10:05 PM
"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...
My latest Let’s Talk Memoir Substack is out now.🧡
open.substack.com/pub/ronitpla...
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
Classes here: ronitplank.com
August 8, 2026 at 7:16 PM
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
Classes here: ronitplank.com
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/
Learn more at my podcast & Substack Let’s Talk Memoir & find upcoming courses here:
ronitplank.com/events/
August 5, 2026 at 2:20 AM
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/
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.✨
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.✨
July 30, 2026 at 4:32 PM
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.✨
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...
open.substack.com/pub/ronitpla...
Memoir Writing: A Look at “The Truth” & What Your Memories are Already Telling You
Plus, a fresh writing prompt
open.substack.com
July 28, 2026 at 5:19 PM
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...
open.substack.com/pub/ronitpla...
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.
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.
July 27, 2026 at 10:32 PM
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.
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...
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
open.substack.com
July 26, 2026 at 8:25 PM
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...
Here is July’s Substack:
open.substack.com/pub/ronitpla...
“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...
-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...
July 8, 2026 at 3:35 PM
“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...
-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...
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...
July 1, 2026 at 5:47 PM
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...
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...
Find Let’s Talk Memoir on your favorite podcast platform and here:
ronitplank.com/2026/06/16/l...
June 27, 2026 at 7:07 PM
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...
Find Let’s Talk Memoir on your favorite podcast platform and here:
ronitplank.com/2026/06/16/l...