Your Memoir May Need a Different Container
Does a memoir have to begin with childhood and move chronologically through every major event?
Not at all.
After returning from the Florida Writers Association’s WritersCon, Kerry reflects on questions participants asked about thematic memoirs, linked essay collections, and other alternatives to the traditional beginning-to-end structure.
In this episode, she explores how a memoir can be organized around a central theme, relationship, question, place, object, activity, or recurring image. She also discusses five memoirs she researched for their distinctive structures. These books are on…
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