Comments on: Reach deep into memory to build a scene http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/recover-memory-scene/ 140 Essays to Help You Read and Write Memoirs by Jerry Waxler Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:23:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/recover-memory-scene/#comment-1861 jerrywaxler Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:49:32 +0000 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=141#comment-1861 Karen, It sounds like you're working on the writing prompts. That's fun! I'm not sure I can answer "where I get ideas" except for the observation that "writing begets writing" or "The more you think the more you think." :) Jerry Karen,

It sounds like you’re working on the writing prompts. That’s fun! I’m not sure I can answer “where I get ideas” except for the observation that “writing begets writing” or “The more you think the more you think.” :)

Jerry

]]> By: Karen L. Alaniz http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/recover-memory-scene/#comment-1858 Karen L. Alaniz Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:59:55 +0000 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=141#comment-1858 How DO you come up with so many great ideas, Jerry? It's amazing how many memories need only a trigger to come to the surface; a smell, an object, a sound. I started writing my school memories by focusing on the teachers in each grade. I was amazed at what memories came up, things I hadn't thought of for many years. ~Karen How DO you come up with so many great ideas, Jerry? It’s amazing how many memories need only a trigger to come to the surface; a smell, an object, a sound. I started writing my school memories by focusing on the teachers in each grade. I was amazed at what memories came up, things I hadn’t thought of for many years. ~Karen

]]> By: jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/recover-memory-scene/#comment-1844 jerrywaxler Wed, 09 Jul 2008 02:27:58 +0000 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=141#comment-1844 Thanks for the praise, Denise. I'm glad you enjoyed the piece. And thanks for adding me to your blogroll. Now I'll go and visit your blog, <a href="http://www.writeoncoaching.com" rel="nofollow"> Write On Coaching </a> Jerry Thanks for the praise, Denise. I’m glad you enjoyed the piece. And thanks for adding me to your blogroll. Now I’ll go and visit your blog,
Write On Coaching

Jerry

]]> By: jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/recover-memory-scene/#comment-1843 jerrywaxler Wed, 09 Jul 2008 02:22:43 +0000 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=141#comment-1843 Hi Kathi, Thanks so much for your micro-story. It says so much about you. Sure you can share it here. Isn't that the great challenge for writers? We look for readers. The internet has opened up so many possibilities, but we still have to sort our way through them and connect readers to writers, one story at a time. Jerry Hi Kathi,

Thanks so much for your micro-story. It says so much about you. Sure you can share it here. Isn’t that the great challenge for writers? We look for readers. The internet has opened up so many possibilities, but we still have to sort our way through them and connect readers to writers, one story at a time.

Jerry

]]> By: Denise Turner http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/recover-memory-scene/#comment-1842 Denise Turner Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:00:50 +0000 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=141#comment-1842 Jerry, what a fantastic job of exploring those memories! Your last line is absolutely beautiful-- about becoming whole with the little boy you once were. Splendid! I felt much the same way in writing my memoir, but as your post clearly shows-- there is always more to be discovered! Thanks. (BTW I've added your site to my blogroll.) Jerry, what a fantastic job of exploring those memories! Your last line is absolutely beautiful– about becoming whole with the little boy you once were. Splendid!

I felt much the same way in writing my memoir, but as your post clearly shows– there is always more to be discovered! Thanks. (BTW I’ve added your site to my blogroll.)

]]> By: Kathi http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/recover-memory-scene/#comment-1841 Kathi Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:44:22 +0000 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=141#comment-1841 Jerry--this is very well-written and you take us right back to those days with you. It stimulated me to tell a tale of Miss Dively, the ancient crone I had THREE years of Latin with, in a similarly academically-oriented girls' school I had the (mis)fortune to attend for four years as a BOARDER in Palo Alto, CA. It was a prep school for Stanford, which luckily I got into, but boy, did your story lead me back there. SO - where would I post such a response? Certainly not here in the comments? Thanks, and I'm trying with Sharon's help to fix the addressing problem here. Maybe I just want to visit the blog rather than be overwhelmed by the chattiness of your avid group! Cheers, ~Kathi, who still has all four Latin texts. I find I'm a rather rare bird who's alive to say she had four years of the dead language. (Guess what happened to us seniors when Miss D. retired before our last year!?! Va-va-va-vhoom with Miss ____?!) Jerry–this is very well-written and you take us right back to those days with you. It stimulated me to tell a tale of Miss Dively, the ancient crone I had THREE years of Latin with, in a similarly academically-oriented girls’ school I had the (mis)fortune to attend for four years as a BOARDER in Palo Alto, CA. It was a prep school for Stanford, which luckily I got into, but boy, did your story lead me back there.

SO - where would I post such a response? Certainly not here in the comments? Thanks, and I’m trying with Sharon’s help to fix the addressing problem here. Maybe I just want to visit the blog rather than be overwhelmed by the chattiness of your avid group!

Cheers, ~Kathi, who still has all four Latin texts. I find I’m a rather rare bird who’s alive to say she had four years of the dead language. (Guess what happened to us seniors when Miss D. retired before our last year!?! Va-va-va-vhoom with Miss ____?!)

]]> By: tysdaddy http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/recover-memory-scene/#comment-1839 tysdaddy Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:21:43 +0000 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=141#comment-1839 Excellent post Jerry. Being a bit of a nerd, I can relate. A few recommendations are in order: If you want to read more about nerdiness in all its many facets, check out: 1) "Nerds: Who They Are and Why We Need More of Them" by David Anderegg. Written by a child psychologist, this one is an eye-opener. 2) "American Nerd: The Story of My People" by Benjamin Nugent. Funny and eloquently written. And, regarding memory, check out this amazing book about an individual with a superior autobiographical memory: "The Woman Who Can't Forget: The Extraordinary Story of Living with the Most Remarkable Memory Known to Science--A Memoir" by Jill Price and Bart Davis. I'm going to be posting about this book soon. It was an interesting read more for the details about her memory and less about her story. Good stuff, Jerry. Excellent post Jerry. Being a bit of a nerd, I can relate.

A few recommendations are in order:

If you want to read more about nerdiness in all its many facets, check out:

1) “Nerds: Who They Are and Why We Need More of Them” by David Anderegg. Written by a child psychologist, this one is an eye-opener.

2) “American Nerd: The Story of My People” by Benjamin Nugent. Funny and eloquently written.

And, regarding memory, check out this amazing book about an individual with a superior autobiographical memory:

“The Woman Who Can’t Forget: The Extraordinary Story of Living with the Most Remarkable Memory Known to Science–A Memoir” by Jill Price and Bart Davis. I’m going to be posting about this book soon. It was an interesting read more for the details about her memory and less about her story.

Good stuff, Jerry.

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