Category Archives: Memoir Monday

Creative Non-fiction: Memoir Monday on Tuesday

Posted on June 7, 2016 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

This is a subject I find is often very misunderstood. People often think that because of the word ‘creative’ that the piece is not strictly true, that the author has allowed some creative narrative content into the piece. That they … Continue reading →

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Voice: Memoir Monday on Tuesday

Posted on May 31, 2016 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

In an earlier post on the ‘I’ characters found in memoir I mentioned that the narrating ‘I’ could be polyvocal – that they could have multiple voices. Firstly, what is a voice. There are two meanings and one always occurs … Continue reading →

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Infallible memories?: Memoir Monday on Tuesday

Posted on May 24, 2016 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

Last week I touched on how we make experience and why each person’s experience will differ from those others that have the same experience. This led inevitably to truth in life-writing and the frauds that have been perpetrated by a … Continue reading →

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