When you write your memoir, you share the stories that stand out in your mind and tell your readers who you truly are.
These are the precious gems of your life that you take out over and over again throughout the years to reexamine and re-polish.
When you write your travel memoir, endless lists of “I saw …” or “I visited …” are the kiss of death, and guarantee that the story you worked so hard to create will go unread.
As you write about your travels, think about the places you’ve seen, and what stood out as a special memory of that place.
When you write about your Egyptian trip, don’t confine yourself to lists of your visits to pyramids, tombs, and mummies. Everyone sees those things. Instead, think about what surprised you when you went into a pyramid for the first time. Did you even know you could go into a pyramid? I didn’t.