tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-193618020323267617.post7766099586343930236..comments2024-03-29T02:35:55.719-04:00Comments on The Writer's Guide: White Cat-Black Cat: The Question of Truth In Memoir-WritingThe Writer's Centerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13865473150470492535noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-193618020323267617.post-43106213273838794792011-09-09T16:42:06.838-04:002011-09-09T16:42:06.838-04:00This is a great post, really captures the memoir g...This is a great post, really captures the memoir genre. It's a common misperception that a memoir is 1) what a famous person writes shortly before death to summarize their life, and 2) meant to be a police blotter description of events. Detectives will tell you there is no one way to describe a crime scene, and no two witnesses will have the same story. You capture the subtlety in talking about your varying mood, place in life, etc. <br /><br />John Steinbeck in his memoir of a road trip, Travels with Charley, at one point tells the reader essentially "Look, don't use this book as a travel guide. Focus more in what I'm telling you about my own perspective and wisdom and less on the concrete details that tell that story."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com