Post #55 – Women’s Memoirs, Author Conversations – Kendra Bonnett and Matilda Butler
Memoir Writers Need to Face Up to Their Characters
We’re pleased to bring you the third part of Martha Engber’s discussion of memoir writing and character development. If you missed the two previous parts, here are the links:
Why Memoirists Need to Fully Employ Character Development, Part 1
Why Memoirists Need to Fully Employ Character Development, Part 2
As memoir writers, we can get tangled up in our life stories. While trying to get all the threads right, we often ignore character. Yet it is from character that we get motivation and plot. In this third part, Martha Engber explores two more problems that memoirists have and then provides a solution for each.
Why Memoirists Need to Fully Employ Character Development, Part 3
Continuing with my list from yesterday, let me describe two other problems I often find when working with memoir writers:
Memoir Problem #3: “But who am I to…” [click to continue…]
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