It's true that our craft can be learned, the nuts and bolts like punctuation, sentence structure, vocabulary, and reading alot of books by a variety of authors in genres we like can offer valuable insights into how all of that comes together to create good writing. But I suspect there is one aspect of our craft that, as apprentices, we cannot learn in the same way, and that is the connection with the soul. This is especially true in memoir where the stories we tell come from the heart, the spirit, the soul, because that is where they dwell, waiting for an invitation to come forward. 'Don't be shy', we say, 'make yourselves known, so we can explore, nurture, and write about you.'