http://womensmemoirs.com/memoir-scrapbooking/kitchenscraps-we-eat-a-lot-of-butter-on-thanksgiving-by-patricia-mcewin-smith/ Memoir, Family History, Answers about Memoir Writing, Memoir Writing Workshops, Autobiography, Personal Stories, Journaling, Writing, Memoir Writing Prompts, Writing & Healing, Memoir Contests Mon, 21 May 2012 07:03:20 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 http://womensmemoirs.com/memoir-scrapbooking/kitchenscraps-we-eat-a-lot-of-butter-on-thanksgiving-by-patricia-mcewin-smith/comment-page-1/#comment-3208 Martha Jewett Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:19:22 +0000 http://womensmemoirs.com/?p=1470#comment-3208 Hi, Matilda: Yes, I think photographs are a great way for memoirists to get un-stuck. I suggest taking an iconic family photo and answering: Who? What? When? Why? Where? How? I got this idea from my mother. When we cleaned out her house after she died, my brothers and I found all sorts of little scraps of paper tucked inside things. She left descriptions of where the objects came from. Writing down a memoir consisting of the "back story" of an heirloom and leaving it with the heirloom itself is also a good idea. Tuck your memoir in a big envelope and place it with the heirloom. Write "Iimportant!" on the outside of the envelope. Hi, Matilda: Yes, I think photographs are a great way for memoirists to get un-stuck. I suggest taking an iconic family photo and answering: Who? What? When? Why? Where? How? I got this idea from my mother. When we cleaned out her house after she died, my brothers and I found all sorts of little scraps of paper tucked inside things. She left descriptions of where the objects came from. Writing down a memoir consisting of the “back story” of an heirloom and leaving it with the heirloom itself is also a good idea. Tuck your memoir in a big envelope and place it with the heirloom. Write “Iimportant!” on the outside of the envelope.

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