Comments on: Fog of memoir, fog of war http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/fog-of-memoir-fog-of-war/ 140 Essays to Help You Read and Write Memoirs by Jerry Waxler Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:50:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Sharon Lippincott, aka Ritergal http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/fog-of-memoir-fog-of-war/#comment-114 Sharon Lippincott, aka Ritergal Tue, 19 Jun 2007 11:51:24 +0000 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/fog-of-memoir-fog-of-war/#comment-114 I haven't read the first three books you mention in this post, but I just added them to my "look for this at the library" list. I read "Glass Castle" within the past month (who didn't?!) and appreciate your observation regarding the whipping. That element flew by me, and it's critical. Funny thing, I belong to an online women's memoir reading group with nearly fifty members, and not one person pointed this passage out. Perhaps this all goes to show how reading is as intensely personal as writing. The challenge for a writer is to be as clear as possible to increase the likelihood that readers will understand the message we intend to convey. Then we need to turn our words loose to work their own magic in the minds of readers, as the universe intends. We can never know what chord our words may strike in tune with the experience of any individual reader. This is such a rich site! I'll be back to explore more content later. I'm adding your site as a link on mine. May synergy surge! Ritergal -- http://heartandcraft.blogspot.com I haven’t read the first three books you mention in this post, but I just added them to my “look for this at the library” list. I read “Glass Castle” within the past month (who didn’t?!) and appreciate your observation regarding the whipping. That element flew by me, and it’s critical. Funny thing, I belong to an online women’s memoir reading group with nearly fifty members, and not one person pointed this passage out.

Perhaps this all goes to show how reading is as intensely personal as writing. The challenge for a writer is to be as clear as possible to increase the likelihood that readers will understand the message we intend to convey. Then we need to turn our words loose to work their own magic in the minds of readers, as the universe intends. We can never know what chord our words may strike in tune with the experience of any individual reader.

This is such a rich site! I’ll be back to explore more content later. I’m adding your site as a link on mine. May synergy surge!

Ritergal — http://heartandcraft.blogspot.com

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