Jr. Every writer has a story he must tell but sometimes it has to wait, stew in its own juices, until both the writer and the story is ready. I believe this is especially true of memoirs.
Memoirs are tricky things to write and, as in all things, timing is everything.
Soon after publication, I received a huge flood of letters and phone calls from avid readers. Within a year, I had a contract with Universal Studios for a major motion picture to be based on a book I was still writing and then, when I finished it, enjoyed watching a spirited auction for it by top New York publishers. Timing, however, isn't absolutely everything. I think it would have been catastrophic if I'd just started writing Rocket Boys without a specific idea as to where I was going. If you, the writer, are not certain what your story is, you'll quickly lose your readers.