Sunday, February 12, 2012

marion roach smith-notes on memoir

memoir is about your area of expertise.
caroline kemp- drinking: a love story
"we don't have one story, we have many."
"memoir puts life into context."
"we're reading your story because we want to affirm or challenge something about life."
"memoir isn't about me, memoir is about a thing, and you are the illustration of that thing."

the best pitch-"i left."

"all memoir has transcendence in it."

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