In memoirs I think authors have trouble not just finding out something to write about but recalling all of the specific details in that event. Also how they are going to write the book. Acting like it was a diary and it just happened or writing as if they were just looking back at the events. I wonder how they come up with the parts they are going to exaggerate. Also I wonder if memoir writers ever worry about talking about a traumatic experience they had with someone and then the person they were talking about it gets mad reads it and gets mad the told the world about that story. Another thing I wonder if memoir writers worry about is if their story of there life or whatever they are talking about is interesting to other people. Usually authors like relating to their audience to and i wonder if they ever worry that no one can relate to what they are talking about. I think I will not be able to figure out what to write about because I don't there is anything that interesting that happened yet. Also I don't know if I will be able to Remember enough specific details to make the story interesting. I guess that is what exaggerating the story is for though. How to write it I might struggle with like if I should write it like it happened yesterday or if I write it like it was way in the past. Lastly I don't know if I'm going to be able to be creative enough to use a lot of literary devices. Overall I think there is a way to fix all of those problems and I think I could write a really good memoir if I put some thought into it.
I can relate to this. Its hard to know what to elaborate on and what not to. If an author elaborates on the "wrong" thing it might make the story sound cheesy or too detailed which I find gross.
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