On selling a book while selling yourself short & how this touches on thematics in your memoir. Can you think in this balanced thematic way when writing your memoir yet? Or are you too deeply lodged in the personal aspects of your story (the minute details included) that you cannot imagine a way to connect it to the larger human experience yet? And what does it mean to be in one place or the other?
I spent a lot of time in therapy trying to answer those three questions. To this day I still don't know the true root of the problems I had with relationships; why did I feel so worthless growing up in an intact family? My parents loved each other; I was not abused. What happened to me? Studying my journals and writing my history may someday provide some answers.
compelling story here! I read through all the sections voraciously. Congrats on your triumph, even years after the fact. It’s inspiring
Hi Matt: Welcome and thank you! It's not the best writer who gets published, I've learned over the years...it's the most persistent one. : )
Those questions hit a nerve. Lots of food for thought.
And class is just around the corner!! YAY.
I spent a lot of time in therapy trying to answer those three questions. To this day I still don't know the true root of the problems I had with relationships; why did I feel so worthless growing up in an intact family? My parents loved each other; I was not abused. What happened to me? Studying my journals and writing my history may someday provide some answers.
TY! This is lovely and honest and vulnerable!
Your Turn 🎤
Embedded in this story is a preliminary teaching on theme. And to get us going, consider the following question:
When did you make a left when you should have made a right?
Do a bit of thinking and then some journaling. See what arises.