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  Category: Articles » Articles by Author » Author: Linda Joy Myers
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1.Beginning Your Memoir Despite Family Guilt and Critic Voices
When we first decide to write, we feel good about it—we have memories and stories that form who we are. We want to explore ourselves, to capture times long gone and preserve them in story form. To leave a legacy about our lives. But other voices compete with ...
[Added: 31 Jan 2006   Hits: 303   Words: 616]

2.Truth or Lie: Fiction vs. Memoir—How Memoir Writers Can Approach Truth and Healing
The recent flap about James Frey's A Million Little Pieces has hit the media with a big bang, bringing the age-old debate about what is acceptable when writing memoir--a "real" story. Every time a memoir is released that gains media attention this debate is raised. Mary Karr, The Liar's Club, ...
[Added: 24 Jan 2006   Hits: 382   Words: 936]

3.Abandoned Again—How We Repeat Our Childhood in the Present
The woman on the couch looks up at me miserably, tears in her eyes, as she tells me about her most recent bad relationship. "I'm sick of choosing guys who aren't there for me. They seem great, they want me, they tell me how ...
[Added: 19 Dec 2005   Hits: 322   Words: 678]