WRITING PROMPTS to help you explore today’s topic:
Write about a time you read someone’s memoir or heard them tell their story in their own words and it changed your perception of them in some way. Do you think it’s a bad thing that your perception of them was altered? Why or why not?
Write a dialogue between an interviewer and someone who’s discussing their recently published memoir. This dialogue can be based on a real or imagined memoir with real people or fictional people.
Write a book review for a recent memoir you’ve read, then share it with others.
Share what you write with us or leave a comment to join this dialogue.
Personally, I think common assumptions and habits around reading memoirs are a bit backward. Keep reading to see why…
