Needed to hear this today. Especially this part, as I have been struggling to accept, I will probably never be free of chronic pain. My memoir will not have this happy ending. I am not yet positive about what the total transformation will look like. You ask: "Will writing a memoir give you the insight that leads you out of the choppy waters to a place of calm? It will, if you’re prepared to question and explore. The journey toward insight or acceptance or inner peace can be the writing itself." I have to believe it will. Thank you.
If every writer attempting to write a memoir (or even a short story) of personal transition or transformation woukd read this, it would be so encouraging and helpful. This is a an amulet now for my pocket. Thank you.
This is warm-hearted, clear and encouraging. I am putting the finishing touches on a memoir of my father. It was a collaboration between Dad telling me stories of his life, and me filling in through what I researched about his immigrant family's European roots and what I remembered as his daughter growing up. I have enjoyed the process and am mulling over the idea of doing this with other people. I agree that everyone's life is a story and your post encourages me to talk with folks in terms of transformation, because I agree - that is the key.
"More likely you’d be in bed with a pillow over your head." !!
Enjoyed reading this - thank you.
Needed to hear this today. Especially this part, as I have been struggling to accept, I will probably never be free of chronic pain. My memoir will not have this happy ending. I am not yet positive about what the total transformation will look like. You ask: "Will writing a memoir give you the insight that leads you out of the choppy waters to a place of calm? It will, if you’re prepared to question and explore. The journey toward insight or acceptance or inner peace can be the writing itself." I have to believe it will. Thank you.
If every writer attempting to write a memoir (or even a short story) of personal transition or transformation woukd read this, it would be so encouraging and helpful. This is a an amulet now for my pocket. Thank you.
This is warm-hearted, clear and encouraging. I am putting the finishing touches on a memoir of my father. It was a collaboration between Dad telling me stories of his life, and me filling in through what I researched about his immigrant family's European roots and what I remembered as his daughter growing up. I have enjoyed the process and am mulling over the idea of doing this with other people. I agree that everyone's life is a story and your post encourages me to talk with folks in terms of transformation, because I agree - that is the key.