Mallary, what a generous and incredibly useful post. Thank you for sharing specific examples — what a gift to others who are working through memoirs or other similar writings.
Thank you, Caroline! I will be offering a related course on this topic soon, in case it's of interest. Will post about it on my Substack soon. Stay tuned!
This is one of the hardest areas of memoir, for both the reader and the writer. Thank you for such helpful tips. Also…I have MANY of those exact journals. I also went through a Winnie-The-Pooh phase (that lasted a little longer than it probably should have).
Mallary, what a generous and incredibly useful post. Thank you for sharing specific examples — what a gift to others who are working through memoirs or other similar writings.
I'm so glad you found it helpful, Brianne!
Wise words. Thank you. And very much yes to the power of dialogue on the page.
I'm so glad it's helpful! I'll be teaching a class on this topic in late January and will post more details here soon.
Excellent!
Thank you. This is a very helpful set of insights as I ponder how much of my life to share.
Thank you, Caroline! I will be offering a related course on this topic soon, in case it's of interest. Will post about it on my Substack soon. Stay tuned!
So helpful.
BTW, "Lost & Found" is one of my favorite books!
It's one of my favorites too!
This is one of the hardest areas of memoir, for both the reader and the writer. Thank you for such helpful tips. Also…I have MANY of those exact journals. I also went through a Winnie-The-Pooh phase (that lasted a little longer than it probably should have).
Yes, it really is. And I love knowing that you had many of these same journals. The ones that had fur and made music were my favorite!