Comments on: What if you wrote a memoir? http://authenticlifeconsulting.wordpress.com/2008/10/08/if-you-were-to-write-a-memoir/ Practical encouragement for expressing all of who you are. Tue, 09 Jun 2009 03:39:30 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: see below http://authenticlifeconsulting.wordpress.com/2008/10/08/if-you-were-to-write-a-memoir/#comment-128 see below Sat, 18 Oct 2008 06:46:39 +0000 http://authenticlifeconsulting.wordpress.com/2008/10/08/if-you-were-to-write-a-memoir/#comment-128 My family research has introduced me to many of my ancestors, and many would have had tales to tell. If I were to write a memoir in their words, I would have to read between the lines to picure the world of emotion they experienced, what periods in their lives might have been happy, others desperate or how he or she affected those around her in a long ago period. It would be interestng to try such a memoir. It would probably be largely fictional. Perhaps many memoirs are. cps My family research has introduced me to many of my ancestors, and many would have had tales to tell. If I were to write a memoir in their words, I would have to read between the lines to picure the world of emotion they experienced, what periods in their lives might have been happy, others desperate or how he or she affected those around her in a long ago period. It would be interestng to try such a memoir. It would probably be largely fictional. Perhaps many memoirs are. cps

]]> By: Ellen Antill http://authenticlifeconsulting.wordpress.com/2008/10/08/if-you-were-to-write-a-memoir/#comment-119 Ellen Antill Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:19:50 +0000 http://authenticlifeconsulting.wordpress.com/2008/10/08/if-you-were-to-write-a-memoir/#comment-119 You're right, Annette; how could one write a legitimate memoir without reflecting the full spectrum of human emotion? Anne Lamott is wonderfully gifted in giving us humor and grief, almost simultaneously. You’re right, Annette; how could one write a legitimate memoir without reflecting the full spectrum of human emotion? Anne Lamott is wonderfully gifted in giving us humor and grief, almost simultaneously.

]]> By: Annette Schuster http://authenticlifeconsulting.wordpress.com/2008/10/08/if-you-were-to-write-a-memoir/#comment-118 Annette Schuster Thu, 09 Oct 2008 04:09:57 +0000 http://authenticlifeconsulting.wordpress.com/2008/10/08/if-you-were-to-write-a-memoir/#comment-118 Hmmm...you pose an intersting question - a memoir that is lighter in nature than those you and I have read lately. I wonder if anyone writing their story could do so without revealing both tragedy and hope...sorrow and joy, or laughter in the midst of the unthinkable... In fact, as I ponder this idea I'm not sure one without both would hold my attention. I think someone who does a great job of bringing a full range of emotions to their writing is Anne Lamott. Traveling Mercies is a good place to start if she is a new author for somoene. If I were to write a memoir I think I might begin with writing about journey as a mother and grandmother. Hmmm…you pose an intersting question – a memoir that is lighter in nature than those you and I have read lately. I wonder if anyone writing their story could do so without revealing both tragedy and hope…sorrow and joy, or laughter in the midst of the unthinkable… In fact, as I ponder this idea I’m not sure one without both would hold my attention. I think someone who does a great job of bringing a full range of emotions to their writing is Anne Lamott. Traveling Mercies is a good place to start if she is a new author for somoene.

If I were to write a memoir I think I might begin with writing about journey as a mother and grandmother.

]]> By: Ellen Antill http://authenticlifeconsulting.wordpress.com/2008/10/08/if-you-were-to-write-a-memoir/#comment-117 Ellen Antill Wed, 08 Oct 2008 19:48:48 +0000 http://authenticlifeconsulting.wordpress.com/2008/10/08/if-you-were-to-write-a-memoir/#comment-117 Seems like so many memoirs are deadly serious -- can anyone recommend a lighter memoir they've read lately? Seems like so many memoirs are deadly serious — can anyone recommend a lighter memoir they’ve read lately?

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