Three stages of memoir
Last week I asked, 'Have you considered writing a memoir?' and included a quote from Biff Barnes on his blog, 'Stories to Tell: Family History and Memoirs' [I also called him Bill, instead of Biff - Biff, please accept my sincere apology - he even left a comment and was gracious enough not to mention my error!]
Well, he followed up with another good post, that I wanted to mention, today [please go read the whole post] - and quote from, again:
'Memoir is a search for insight and understanding. That search involves three distinct stages:
• Recall – The process of remembering what happened. As Willett Stanek put it in her book Writing Your Life: Putting Your Past on Paper. “Writing from memory allows you to time travel, to zoom back to people and places you have not seen in years.”
• Reflection – The process of considering or realizing what was significant about the events you recall.
• Reminisce – The process of thinking about what happened and how you might tell the story.'
Timely and useful advise and guidance. Thanks, again, Biff!
Happy Reading!
Dr. Bill ;-)
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