“Childhood is a branch of cartography.” Michael Chabon in an essay called “Manhood for Amateurs: The Wilderness of Childhood” in the July 16 issue of the New York Review of Books. Cartography, the science of map making suggests an interesting way to think about memoir writing. What we are making when we write a memoir [...]
Is this YOU? you have a memoir project that’s been on the ‘back burner’ for some time you want to do the writing yourself, but need a bit of guidance you’ve been working at your memoir project, but now you want to discuss it or get feedback you’re looking for help with particular aspects of [...]
Sooner or later when writing a memoir, or even notes for a memoir, you’ll get to some tough bits. There are sorrows, hurtful experiences, damaging relationships and many other things that give pain in most lives. How are you going to deal with that? You could of course choose to ignore these hurts and sorrows [...]