Comments on: I think I’ll write a memoir

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By: Wanda B. Ontheshelves

Wanda B. Ontheshelves — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 21:09:52 +0000

“names have been changed” – sounds like you better

By: Laura

Laura — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 19:05:30 +0000

Great! Looking forward to it.

By: Wanda B. Ontheshelves

Wanda B. Ontheshelves — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 15:43:39 +0000

This is an interesting discussion. What I find with myself is – I have too much, as they say, “personally identifiable information” – if I took all that out, or put it in soft focus, blurred it a little – there would be no story.

I guess the more a memoir is an expose (of whatever and whomever) – the more you have to think about consequences…?

Or maybe try the old “publish 10 years after my death, and that of all parties involved” – ?

On that morbid note…

By: Dave Sosnowski

Dave Sosnowski — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 12:09:09 +0000

In between novels, I’ve started writing a memoir of my time as a graduate student in the Creative Writing program at the University of Alaska-Fairbanks, from 1983-85, during which time I was also: teaching composition to native and non-native college freshman; was visited by the Secret Service when Reagan and the Pope stopped for a campaign photo-op at Fairbanks International Airport (an event dubbed by the media as “Great Minds in a Great Land” while the locals just called it “The Pope meets the Dope”); thwarted one student suicide attempt; and, at one point, was the only person living in an eight story building for a month between Christmas and New Years. I’ve been telling people amusing anecdotes about that time for over 25 years and have finally started writing them down and fleshing them out (albeit in no particular order at the moment). My main concern is how to deal with the identity of some people who will not be portrayed in a very flattering light. Is it kosher to use a “names have been changed” disclaimer in a memoir?

By: Jane

Jane — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 01:15:38 +0000

Hi Laura, Next week I plan to write a follow up blog which I hope will respond to your questions.

By: Laura

Laura — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 19:05:11 +0000

No, I never considered writing a memoir. I don’t think I have a story that is unique and compelling enough, or one with enough of a narrative arc. But feel free to ask me again in 20 years after I’ve lived a few decades full of drama and intrigue.

I’d really be interested, though, in hearing about memoirists who not only write under a pen name but who also attempt to be completely anonymous. That means they can’t do public book signings (I guess?) or certain other publicity-related activities. How does that work? How do publishers feel about this? How successful can a memoirist truly be in skewing her life details so no one recognizes she’s writing about herself and her family?

Just curious…as I said, I have no plans to attempt a memoir.

By: Kurt Hartwig

Kurt Hartwig — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 17:17:57 +0000

I wrote a one-man play about a friend who died at 21 and our friendship, so it was necessarily about me as well. At first I was reluctant to include my own thoughts and reflections because it felt too solipsistic, until I discovered that it was the only way into her story as well, seeing as I was talking about her life from my perspective.

At 60 minutes, performed at the Prague Fringe Festival, it was a memoir in short-story form, which probably helped a great deal. Although I like reading other people’s musings about their life, personally it feels like I’m staring too deeply into my own navel.

By: Emma

Emma — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 17:06:28 +0000

Writing a memoir has been one of the most challenging things I’ve ever done. I DID have to ask myself whether I was ready to be as open as I needed to be. Through many iterations, I’m almost there. I keep adding more layers of insight and revelation, and the process has been amazing.