I apologize, but the link I originally included with this post was taken down. However, if you’re writing anything at all, including memoir, read anything Jane Friedman has to say, and you’ll feel so much smarter. For example, here’s a post called Using the Fallacy of Memory to Create Effective Memoir. Thanks for visiting.
Oh, I know! I so want to write about family, but I’ll have to do it in fictional form or risk WWIII.
Perhaps that’s why so many of us could never write a memoir?! That digging deep is one thing but putting it out there for all the world to share? Nope, ain’t gonna happen! Not until ALL the “guilty” parties are planted six feet deep, anyway!
Excellent post and link ,Lynne. Mary Karr’s writing is riveting due to her candor and lack of self-pity. All I know is embarking on this memoir journey is one of the hardest things I have ever done,especially digging deep down to find that truth. Thanks for sharing
Kathy