I also wanted to say thank you for all your hard work in creating these kinds of opportunities for women memoirists! And your pod cast which I tune into every week. Big fan here! 😍
You are so right! We need the community of other likeminded women who understand what we’re going through as memoirists. We need a safe place to test out ideas and receive encouragement. We are writing first and foremost to heal ourselves and then to share to others who needs stories like ours to learn to they’re not alone. Every story brings something to the world. They all matters and need to be told. One story isn’t better than another. There is no competition! 😍 But we can always work on our writing skills and delivery of that story. ☺️
Question for you, Brooke. I am writing an ancestor memoir about my grandmother's 1893 crossing to America from the Jewish Pale of Settlement in the Russian Empire, and a tragedy that happened on route--something that she never disclosed while she was alive--and the ripple effect her secret has had down generations. She conveyed it to me in a channel.
I did a reading last week to a small group, and was stunned by the rapt response of those listening to the story. Very affecting.
They are encouraging me to also turn it into a performance piece, which is even scarier (to me) than the book. Here's what gives me pause, in print or in public: 1. it is vey intimate 2. the divisive times we live in (i.e., misogyny, antisemitism).
I do like your notion of holding back until the time is right.
So my question: do you think I would benefit from Women Writing Memoir--even if/especially if I am not able to attend some of the classes live?
You’re a powerhouse. Much of what you share, write, offer up is fuel for the journey. Thank you. 🩷
We write because we care. We have no choice.
I also wanted to say thank you for all your hard work in creating these kinds of opportunities for women memoirists! And your pod cast which I tune into every week. Big fan here! 😍
You are so right! We need the community of other likeminded women who understand what we’re going through as memoirists. We need a safe place to test out ideas and receive encouragement. We are writing first and foremost to heal ourselves and then to share to others who needs stories like ours to learn to they’re not alone. Every story brings something to the world. They all matters and need to be told. One story isn’t better than another. There is no competition! 😍 But we can always work on our writing skills and delivery of that story. ☺️
super excited!!!!!!
Question for you, Brooke. I am writing an ancestor memoir about my grandmother's 1893 crossing to America from the Jewish Pale of Settlement in the Russian Empire, and a tragedy that happened on route--something that she never disclosed while she was alive--and the ripple effect her secret has had down generations. She conveyed it to me in a channel.
I did a reading last week to a small group, and was stunned by the rapt response of those listening to the story. Very affecting.
They are encouraging me to also turn it into a performance piece, which is even scarier (to me) than the book. Here's what gives me pause, in print or in public: 1. it is vey intimate 2. the divisive times we live in (i.e., misogyny, antisemitism).
I do like your notion of holding back until the time is right.
So my question: do you think I would benefit from Women Writing Memoir--even if/especially if I am not able to attend some of the classes live?
Brooke, I look forward to your memoir! Your courage and spirit will shine through, I know, so no worries!
Marian