Well spoken. I agree that the memoir chooses you and that there are certain things that HAVE to be written down before we all go mad! A bit of time and distance away from the rawness also helps with clarity and turning personal feelings into something beautiful that others will want to read. This was the big lesson I learnt at our course last year - there are loads of projects in my writing suitcase but Musa persuaded me to take one, the most powerful and most important to me and get that finished. I nearly have and, like you, my aim now is that part of its appeal will be as a self-help book for others in a similar situation. What's the course at Goldsmith's? Or can I guess...?!
Oh Sarah! How lovely to hear from you. I'm so glad you're still progressing with your writing and to hear you're almost finished is amazing. Ooh yes... go for a guess on the course. What do you reckon?!
Well spoken. I agree that the memoir chooses you and that there are certain things that HAVE to be written down before we all go mad! A bit of time and distance away from the rawness also helps with clarity and turning personal feelings into something beautiful that others will want to read. This was the big lesson I learnt at our course last year - there are loads of projects in my writing suitcase but Musa persuaded me to take one, the most powerful and most important to me and get that finished. I nearly have and, like you, my aim now is that part of its appeal will be as a self-help book for others in a similar situation. What's the course at Goldsmith's? Or can I guess...?!
Oh Sarah! How lovely to hear from you. I'm so glad you're still progressing with your writing and to hear you're almost finished is amazing. Ooh yes... go for a guess on the course. What do you reckon?!
MA in Creative Writing?!
Haha. Yeah. MA Creative Writing with Life Writing. You rumbled me!