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Memoir Writing - Four Tips For Using Your Intuition by Robert Flores
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Memoir Writing - Four Tips For Using Your Intuition |
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As you write your memoir, you will likely draw your information from several sources--one will surely be your intuition. Some of these may be facts which you know to be true. For example, "We moved into our first house in 1962" is a fact which you are certain of. Some information may been inferred, "Since my father was laid off soon after marrying my mother, they must have had financial difficulties." Starting with the fact that your father was out of work and starting a household, you could plausibly infer that money was scarce. There is another sort of truth that is neither verifiable, nor an educated guess. This truth is entirely intuitive. "Mother never liked living at 27 Shawmut Street" is an example of intuitive truth. No matter what others may say, and your sister Edna is convinced of the opposite, you have a "gut" feeling that your perception of your mother's unhappiness is correct. 1) You may not be able to authenticate your intuition, but nevertheless it can add meaning to your memoir. If your mother is no longer alive, authenticating your gut feeling may be impossible--and even if she is, your mother may be unable, for many reasons, to admit to the truth. This does not mean you cannot include your intuitive truth in your memoir. 2) Ask yourself if your gut feeling helps to explain other things. As you apply this test, it may become obvious that your gut feeling explains a lot of things that happened in your family. Does it, for instance, account for behavior or attitudes otherwise attributable only to a failing in your mother's character? 3) Other people may disagree with your intuition, but don't get discouraged. How will you write about these intuitive truths? Not only are they not provable, they may also be the subject of disagreement or conflict within your family. When faced with this discrepancy, you may feel inclined to leave your intuition out. Don't, especially if it explains other events or circumstances in your memoir. 4) State your intuition and say why it seems right to you. Then give other points of view equal space. (A footnote is a good place for alternative opinions.) Your family readers need and deserve to have the different interpretations--especially when there is no way to authenticate which is correct or nearer to being correct. Good luck with your memoir writing! buy thesis
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