Writing the Memoir by Judith Barrington
Author:Judith Barrington
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: The Eighth Mountain Press
Published: 2020-12-15T00:00:00+00:00
SUGGESTIONS FOR WRITING
1. Think of an event in your life when you were less than twelve years old. Write a straightforward narrative of the event in first person without musing or speculating on it.
2. Read through the narrative created in #1 and think for a while about it. Try to decide what the story is really aboutâunderneath the obvious facts. See if you can come up with an opening sentence that summarizes what itâs about, such as: âWhen I was ten I learned something about loyalty,â or âParental inconsistency can drive you crazy,â or âMy last year in grade school I discovered death.â Now write the story again using the adult voice of that first sentence. (You may later choose to discard the sentence.) Allow yourself to be who you are now, looking back at the event.
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