Many readers have asked me: What happened NEXT? I take this as a compliment that they want more of my story. Good! However, please know that a MEMOIR is a MOMENT IN TIME; in other words, the writer must make a decision where to start (say, age 7) and where to end the story (say, age 13). It can't go on for the rest of the writer's life. And who'd want it to?
An autobiography is different; that specifically goes from birth, usually, until present day, and people want to read the whole life of someone--usually famous. A memoir is, again, a piece of one's life up to a certain point.
GOOD NEWS FOR FANS OF MY MEMOIR: I'M WORKING ON A COLLECTION OF PERSONAL ESSAYS, AND WILL PUBLISH AN EXCERPT SOON SO YOU CAN SEE...WHAT HAPPENED NEXT!
BRENDA
BRENDA SEROTTE
NEW! American Lives: A Reader, edited by Tobias WolffMemoir
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