You've spent a long time creating your life story — now is the time to preserve it. Applying the highest standards of excellence, Memoir Press transforms your personal story into a treasured heirloom.
Through a series of extensive biographical interviews, a comprehensive collection process and thorough editing sessions, your memories, stories, mementos and photos are collected into a premium hand-crafted book that will last for generations.
Each commissioned memoir evolves organically but begins with a fresh palette used to paint the details of your life. Producing the finished project is a creative process that necessitates the time of many devoted professionals. The Memoir Press team takes our role very seriously and skillfully manages every aspect of the process from concept through completion.
Depending on the scale of each memoir, our process can take just months or up to a full year, and our talented team of interviewers, memoirists, editors and designers approach each memoir with passion, vision and dedication. A series of steps and milestones ensures your project maintains momentum and is completed in a timely manner.
Story
In our first phase, we begin to uncover your unique story through a series of thoughtfully probing interviews that delve into your history and draw out your recollections. A skilled memoirist assigned to your project will draw from these interviews and craft your words into a compelling narrative, all while preserving your distinctive voice. Our “Arc of Memory” story development process turns spoken memory into writing that is clear, compelling, coherent and mechanically flawless.
Editing
During editing, your story comes to life. Through an ongoing process of reviews and revisions, our team of memoirists and editors will create more depth and refine the storytelling. As it becomes more organized and comprehensive, the narrative finds its flow, and your memoir begins to take its final shape.
Design
Our final phase is where your story takes a concrete visual form. An award-winning design team takes the final manuscript and marries it with appropriate imagery and graphic treatments. Here, you'll be presented with a custom-selected array of papers, covers and bindery options. The design team will meticulously oversee the production process, resulting in a gorgeous, tailored heirloom book.