tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6411231637771693377.post7837393625582320945..comments2024-03-29T01:13:40.953-04:00Comments on Writers On The Move: Why Write a Memoir?Karen Cioffihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15492421057039326702noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6411231637771693377.post-47747566948601454362013-09-10T03:37:05.177-04:002013-09-10T03:37:05.177-04:00Heidi, thanks for this. Like Karen, I have so much...Heidi, thanks for this. Like Karen, I have so much fascinating family history that has now died. Like my father-in-law who shortly before he died told a family member how he had travelled the length of South African in an ox wagon as a little boy. Oh how I wish I'd caught the first plane to his bedside armed with a tape-recorder! What an amazing story he would have had to tell. I know nothingShirley Corderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04429641202607657089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6411231637771693377.post-6473935119699955372013-09-08T17:34:34.834-04:002013-09-08T17:34:34.834-04:00Everyone has a unique and fascinating story, Heidi...Everyone has a unique and fascinating story, Heidi. As you rightly put it, preserving family history (and writing it well so that it resonates with others) is a wonderful thing to do. Magdalena Ballhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00182314078304734996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6411231637771693377.post-67431940302621246932013-09-08T16:08:31.362-04:002013-09-08T16:08:31.362-04:00Heidi, I enjoyed reading your post. Thank-you for ...Heidi, I enjoyed reading your post. Thank-you for getting me thinking!<br /><br />KathyKathleen Moultonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11838396814110784284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6411231637771693377.post-58963600352928425262013-09-08T14:33:02.878-04:002013-09-08T14:33:02.878-04:00Excellent, Mary Jo. If we do bite-sized pieces, it...Excellent, Mary Jo. If we do bite-sized pieces, it makes it so much easier.<br /><br />And Karen, I agree, most of us don't get interested in family history until it's too late. But it's never too late to record what you do remember.Heidiwriterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02593338979995203659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6411231637771693377.post-24360369560500666512013-09-08T14:29:24.205-04:002013-09-08T14:29:24.205-04:00That sounds great, Bob. There are many ways to wri...That sounds great, Bob. There are many ways to write your stories.Heidiwriterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02593338979995203659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6411231637771693377.post-58214681540178561982013-09-08T12:12:36.897-04:002013-09-08T12:12:36.897-04:00I like doing short memoirs or Flash memoirs. See
...I like doing short memoirs or Flash memoirs. See <br /><br />http://www.writersonthemove.com/2013/07/what-is-flash-memoir.htmlMary Jo Guglielmohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14044407102808262871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6411231637771693377.post-10730193143255661302013-09-08T12:10:39.443-04:002013-09-08T12:10:39.443-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Mary Jo Guglielmohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14044407102808262871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6411231637771693377.post-4899054695990961572013-09-08T10:12:24.874-04:002013-09-08T10:12:24.874-04:00I've started a couple of memoirs, but never fo...I've started a couple of memoirs, but never followed through. I think memoirs become more important to us as we get older. I wish I had written about my family when my grandparents, aunts, and uncles were still alive. All that history is gone.<br /><br />Writing a memoir or family history preserves special tidbits of your life for your children and grandchildren.<br /><br />I also like Dr. Karen Cioffihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15492421057039326702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6411231637771693377.post-38590606064919215952013-09-08T07:23:54.149-04:002013-09-08T07:23:54.149-04:00Hi Heidi,
My latest book is not an autobiography -...Hi Heidi,<br />My latest book is not an autobiography -- sort of.<br />All the things the main character reports from his past have occurred to me, with only some of the names changed. However, his personality is not quite mine.<br />There is a standard psychotherapeutic technique: you ask the client to construct a film script (or in this case, a novel), whose star is what the client would like Dr Bob Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13905005432340711608noreply@blogger.com