I feel that people write memoirs, not just to tell a story, but to also teach something valuable, or make a point. At the same time reading someone's story is entertaining, the message the reader gets from the memoir is usually something worthwhile. The thing that makes memoirs so different from other forms of writing is that not one will ever be the same. Even if more than one memoir is written about the same event, because everyone sees things differently, and everyone's point of view is different. Memoirs range from sad and seriouse, to funny and imbarrassing, but no matter what its about there is still something to learn, no matter how stupid it may seem.
telling your own story has a lot of power and weight to it. When you are writing about something that acctually happened to you, chances are it has happened to someone else. And the better a reader can relate to a story the more they will learn from it. Memoirs are also easier to believe than novels just because of the fact that the reader knows the event of the memoir acctually happened.Memoirs I feel are one of the best forms of writing and expressing yourself, because they are interesting and fun to read, and you usually learn a lesson in the process.
3 comments:
Wow Lisa you had some very good ideas! I like how you brought up that memoirs are not only fun to read, but they can teach the reader a valuable lesson. It was also really good when you wrote about how eacj memoir is unique since people see situations differently. You wrote an awesome post, Lisa!
I really liked your ideas in your blog response! Learning lessons and all that good stuff is definitely a big part of writing and reading memoirs. I likes how you said, "chances are that it happened to someone else too." I think that a lot of people don't realize that they're not alone, and many of the difficulties they face are being delt with by others too. Nice post!
Nice, Lisa! I really liked the point you made about memoirs being powerful through the reader's ability to relate to the author's story. I never thought of that, and it's simple, but very true. I thought you had many ideas with a lot of depth.
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