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Writing the Memoir Cinematically: Part 3

2/4/2017

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Using the blue Post-it notes for my backstory allowed me to play with time. Playing with time is risky though, because there are more opportunities for a reader to get lost. Each chapter in Cheryl Strayed's Wild, began and ended on the trail. I tried something similar in  

chapters one and two, driving over the mountains from the beautiful home in Bend, Oregon we had to sell, to our modest rental in the Tualatin Valley. Driving long distance gives the traveler plenty of time for reflection, so that arrangementseems to work.

At this stage of the storytelling, many memoirists simply fill in all necessary backstory for several chapters before picking up the "present" thread and following it to the end. But I opted for a more complicated arrangement. As my life unfolds in Tualatin, events trigger more memories. And sometimes, those memories call up even other memories, calling for a memory inside a memory. Now that's a challenge. 


(Please watch for Part 4, coming soon.)​


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I was not aware with the fact that memoirist had to endure a lot of process before achieving it! Now, I learned an essential lesson; which is to appreciate memoirists even more because the process of storytelling they have is more complex and requires more intelligent than ever. Right now, I can say that I cannot do it. But at the right time once I learned the process, there is a possibility that I might be able to pull it off.

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