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Today, we speak with KiKi Walter . She is a writer, storyteller, and champion of personal narratives. She loves transforming everyday moments into deeply resonant stories.
Kiki is a publisher of Memoirist Quarterly and a founder of The Memoirist on Substack. She curates and edits for three thriving Medium publications: The Memoirist, Age of Empathy, and Black Bear. she also co-hosts The Unfocused Writer podcast.
She has been recognized as a BlogHer Voice of the Year and featured on stage with Listen to Your Mother. Whether through the written word or spoken conversations, KiKi brings warmth, depth, and a keen eye for the extraordinary hidden in the everyday.
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From the show:
“…Oh, I just love him [David Sedaris]. I'd marry him if I could, but I don't think he'd marry me. But what I love about him is his humor is so self-deprecating. You know, in his memoirs and his essays, there's something about the beauty of things that are flawed in life. And that's what I love …”
“… Q: And what do you look for as an editor and a publisher?
A: I think that the number one thing that you will hear any editor say is a good narrative arc. You know, it has to have a strong beginning, strong middle, strong end. But it's all in how you capture, I think, your audience from the very beginning, really bringing them into the story. And how you creatively spin your story …”