Monday, October 3, 2016
Memoirs are difficult to write. One main problem memoir writers face is making it interesting for varying audiences. Books are great ways to share your ideas and beliefs, but lots of people, especially younger audiences, have trouble wanting to pick up a memoir. (This is also probably partially due to younger individuals mostly just interested in themselves.) A good way for memoir writers to make it easier for all kinds of audiences to understand and enjoy is to include lots of figurative language that people can relate to. It is also important to chose an interesting topic that it easy for the author to write about. But when choosing a certain topic, it is important to be aware of certain sensitivities accompanying it. Another important thing to keep in mind is how well the author recalls a topic. For example, if the topic of a memoir occurred years and years before the actual memoir was written, it may be difficult to recall every detail. This is also related to the issue of bias. Despite being in a cleat point of view, memoir authors have to be aware of all of the bias that may be effecting the accuracy of the detail. Despite all of these things, a good memoir with lots of important detail that lots of people enjoy is a good thing to find.
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This is hard for me because I can add plenty of details, but the challenge is how to incorporate the details into sentences, paragraphs, and the plot to come together. It is true about the topics we choose because I want my story to hopefully resonate to many students(my audience) and I do not mind sharing details because I have trust in my audience.
ReplyDeleteI like the point about the bias. I never really considered that, but now that I think about it you're right. I can definitely relate to what you said about not remembering everything. There was one point where I kept switching the order of two events because I wasn't sure which happened first. You have an interesting point about the younger audiences; I never liked memoirs, or even biographies, when I was younger, since I never really saw what was so interesting in reading about some person I didn't know, but that was mostly because I didn't know them.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you For me it is always really difficult to remember all the little details and the exact order of what happened.Also,sometimes I will write the whole memoir, and then read back over it, and it is not as good or exciting as I had hoped. But at that point, it is difficult to go back and change too many things without creating an untrue story. I do think though, that memoirs can be fun to write if you are writing about something really fun or exiting that happened to you.
ReplyDeleteI agree it is kind of biased, but aren't memoirs suppose to be biased? Since, it is the authors point of view it can't just be fact to fact because she/he perceives stuff differently. Also, it is hard to catch a young audience for the author I guess. Sometimes I found that my memoir I had to read over the summer was boring, but I guess the author may have to make it more "easy to read" so they get the point across to the reader.
ReplyDeleteI agree it is kind of biased, but aren't memoirs suppose to be biased? Since, it is the authors point of view it can't just be fact to fact because she/he perceives stuff differently. Also, it is hard to catch a young audience for the author I guess. Sometimes I found that my memoir I had to read over the summer was boring, but I guess the author may have to make it more "easy to read" so they get the point across to the reader.
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