This memoir will be graded as an A, or an F. Memoirs should be filled with emotion and feeling. Use vivid detail and sensory language. Connect the reader (us) and the writer (you). This should be difficult, some of these emotions should be hard to “deal” with. Getting in our heads is easy, writing that conversation down is the hard part. |
“Remember that you are the protagonist in your memoir, the tour guide. You must find a narrative trajectory for the story you want to tell and never relinquish control. Look for small self-contained incidents that are still vivid in your memory. If you still remember them, it’s because they contain a universal truth that your readers will recognize from their own life.” |