The Glass Castle 2

I think the biggest problem when writing a memoir would be telling your stories and getting the true colors of the characters across. Sometimes someone can be so complicated its hard to get the full picture across without sounding like a bad writer who just rants about one thing too long. I think another problem would be remembering some hurtful or painful memories that are important and really help the reader see your life as you've lived it. We tend to want to forget bad memories because why cause yourself more pain by thinking about it. Memoirs make us think about the big picture, fun, happy, joyful moments but also sad and depressing moments. I wonder if sometimes writing a memoir could be a type of therapy or of it would just make you feel worse from digging up all those moments and emotions. When I write my own for class I wonder about the level of expectance from other students or parents or whoever. You cant change the past moments of your life but you can choose not to share them because of being afraid of what others will think. I don't want sympathy or advice. Just for my story to be heard.