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Your memoir

novella

novella

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If you were to write a memoir, what would the focus of it be? What would the title be?

There are so many memoirs out now and coming out, about alcohol, addiction, being fat, building a house, bad parents. . .

Assuming one is not just writing My Life, what would yours be about?
 
I'm not sure. That's kinda why I asked.

Maybe about my fame and fortune, but I'll have to wait. Haven't gotten to that chapter yet.

Also, maybe a Bildungsroman about growing up in the 70s and 80s in a big family.

Or maybe about going from city life to country life. I wrote a book proposal on that once but never did anything with it.

Hmmmmm. . .

Maybe about posting on TBF for my whole life and never getting anything done! :)
 
what you need, kid, is a gimmick. like me, I'm a tumbler. now, take two pills from my bag and stick them on my tongue.
 
"I Said SHIP!, and other Plausible Lies" by novella

I was born with a bar of soap in my mouth, having cursed mightily during my ninth month. "Get me the **** out of here!" I hollered. Mother was not pleased. I spent the first year of life in solitary confinement with only the televised games of the NY Mets to nurture me.

Upon my release, I went to the beach and spent twenty years alternately getting wet and rolling in sand, and thus developed the appearance of a heavily breaded pork chop, repeatedly failing the Ideal Girlfriend contest due to a gritty texture, but I was not discouraged. Whoever didn't like me, I punched in the nose. Thus began my career as a pugilistic mudslinger.
 
BookMom said:
everyone's got a memoir...it seems to be the big thing right now. what happened to the fiction writer?
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I am a fiction writer. Just asking the question for fun.
 
Perhaps how growing up in a small southern town in denial failed to adequately prepare me for life. Regional stuff has been good.
 
I like memoirs that shed light on a little-known region.

Also, in which the author talks about a special career, e.g., as a scientist at Los Alamos or as an undercover agent. I know someone who grew up in Los Alamos in the 50s when it was a gated, secure town. Both her parents worked on bomb projects.

Also, I like memoirs that are very funny, whether they are entirely accurate or not. David Sedaris writes like that.
 
novella said:
I like memoirs that shed light on a little-known region.
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The True Secret Garden - Belly-Buttons of the Rich and Famous by Captain Avery McTompkins. An eye-opening read. I never knew Tom Cruise had it in him. And that story of how Bob Monkhouse rediscovered the lost city of Atlantis. Simply astounding.

Also, in which the author talks about a special career
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I recommend My Super Furry Life in the No-Fly Zone by S. Monkey. A startling expose of life as an everyday hero and hair care expert.
 
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