http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog Hundreds of Essays and Interviews to Help You Read and Write Memoirs Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:39:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 2006-2007 jerrywaxler@yahoo.com (Jerry Waxler) jerrywaxler@yahoo.com (Jerry Waxler) Self-help 1440 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/LearnMemoirCoverFront-small.jpg http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog 144 144 Reading and writing memoirs. Record the Stories of Your Life, tips, how-to, memoir book reviews, by Jerry Waxler memoir, writers, self-help, book-reviews, essays Jerry Waxler Jerry Waxler jerrywaxler@yahoo.com no no http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/self-concept-addiction/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/self-concept-addiction/#comments Wed, 27 Apr 2011 12:04:00 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=1171 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/self-concept-addiction/feed/ 2 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/father-son-memoirs-addiction/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/father-son-memoirs-addiction/#comments Tue, 04 Nov 2008 12:30:24 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=263 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/father-son-memoirs-addiction/feed/ 0 0:09:33 It takes time for the harm to emerge from behind its glittering mask, by which time the damage is done. Broken relationships. Lost opportunities. And the risks intensify. Car crashes, loss of mental functioning, the quick death of overdosing or the [...] It takes time for the harm to emerge from behind its glittering mask, by which time the damage is done. Broken relationships. Lost opportunities. And the risks intensify. Car crashes, loss of mental functioning, the quick death of overdosing or the slow death of disease. Nic's dad pleaded and threatened his son. Nic retorted, "You did it and you turned out okay." Then he slipped out of reach. Swearing he wasn't using or would never do it again, he continued tripping and scheming, lost inside himself. 60's, Addiction Jerry Waxler no no http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/memoir-fourth-step/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/memoir-fourth-step/#comments Tue, 28 Oct 2008 12:13:08 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=252 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/memoir-fourth-step/feed/ 1 0:07:46 Now, as I study memoir writing, I believe I have stumbled upon another connection with the Twelve Steps. The Fourth Step says, "We made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves." The goal of taking this inventory is to replace vague sor[...] Now, as I study memoir writing, I believe I have stumbled upon another connection with the Twelve Steps. The Fourth Step says, "We made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves." The goal of taking this inventory is to replace vague sorrows of "having messed up," with more detailed information. It's an important exercise for addicts who, in their pressure to obtain the next buzz, overrode their conscience more often than they would like to remember. Addiction Jerry Waxler no no http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/faith-blindness-sight/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/faith-blindness-sight/#comments Mon, 04 Aug 2008 11:15:23 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=160 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/faith-blindness-sight/feed/ 7 0:00:01 I felt a little cheated that it took the author so long to start looking within himself. Then I look at my pile of memoirs and realize that most of the authors continue through the darkness for a really long time. Dani Shapiro in "Slow Motion" took [...] I felt a little cheated that it took the author so long to start looking within himself. Then I look at my pile of memoirs and realize that most of the authors continue through the darkness for a really long time. Dani Shapiro in "Slow Motion" took forever to realize she was destroying herself. Jeanette Walls in "Glass Castle" took forever to grow up and get away from the clutches of her weird parents. Addiction, Family, Introspection, Memoirs, Storytelling Jerry Waxler no no http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/dani-shapiro-desires/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/dani-shapiro-desires/#comments Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:49:51 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=139 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/dani-shapiro-desires/feed/ 3 0:00:01 Maslow's Hierarchy helps understand this memoir When I try to explain the goal of this memoir writer's life, I need to find a deeper explanation of her desires. Addiction Jerry Waxler no no