The Storypowers Podcast What's Your Story Really About? with Ruby Peru
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Feb 7, 2021 
Ruby Peru, bestselling author and longtime ghostwriter who helps people shape their life stories. She talks about finding the inner story behind memoirs. She explains structuring memories around pivotal moments, balancing voice and plot, and why short, focused memoir pieces sharpen insight and humor. She also discusses creativity versus marketing and how adult perspective reshapes childhood tales.
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Write For Yourself Before You Market
- Do write what you genuinely want first and consider marketing later.
- Ruby rejected rewriting her voice to fit YA rules and chose indie publishing after agents asked her to simplify her style.
A Preschool Circle Sparked A Novel
- Ruby developed Bits of String by telling daily imaginative stories to her preschool class.
- She later wrote in a library after work to keep that playful, sing-song tone alive while in a corporate job.
Memoir Value Comes From Inner Story
- Memoirs are most compelling when they reveal the inner story, not just achievements.
- Ruby focuses on motivations, decisions and turning points rather than a list of accomplishments.
