{"id":12521,"date":"2023-04-20T08:11:22","date_gmt":"2023-04-20T15:11:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/?p=12521"},"modified":"2023-04-20T08:11:26","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T15:11:26","slug":"memoir-writing-for-clarity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/memoir-writing-for-clarity\/","title":{"rendered":"Memoir: Writing For Clarity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Abigail-Thomas.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12522\" width=\"149\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Abigail-Thomas.jpg 382w, https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Abigail-Thomas-194x300.jpg 194w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 149px) 100vw, 149px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cI think most memoir writers write first of all for ourselves, not for any specific audience. We write for our own clarity. The painful admissions, the ways in which we are upset by ourselves, our actions, things we did, things we failed to do, all of that has to be honestly faced. No point in skirting the truth. Who would we be fooling? Ourselves?\u201d \u2014 Abigail Thomas<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Excerpt from <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/brevity.wordpress.com\/2023\/04\/20\/still-life-at-eighty\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/brevity.wordpress.com\/2023\/04\/20\/still-life-at-eighty\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cMemoir is Exploration, So Keep Yourself Open: An Interview with Abigail Thomas\u201d<\/a> By Dinty W. Moore, <a href=\"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/brevity-blog-seeks-submissions\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/brevity-blog-seeks-submissions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Brevity magazine<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Abigail Thomas&nbsp;is the author of many acclaimed memoirs, including&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0156033232\/ref=nosim\/brevity-20\" target=\"_blank\">A Three Dog Life<\/a>,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0385720556\/brevitynonfic-20\" target=\"_blank\">Safekeeping<\/a>, and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1476785058\/brevitynonfic-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wh<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1476785058\/brevitynonfic-20\">at Comes Next and How to Like It<\/a>. She lives in Woodstock, New York, with her dogs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dintywmoore.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dinty W. Moore<\/a>&nbsp;is the founder and editor of&nbsp;Brevity&nbsp;magazine and is likely out in his garden at this very moment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI think most memoir writers write first of all for ourselves, not for any specific audience. We write for our own clarity. The painful admissions, the ways in which we are upset by ourselves, our actions, things we did, things we failed to do, all of that has to be honestly faced. 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