Dr. Allbaugh, thank you for writing this--I'm always interested in how memoir writers think of audience. For the longest time I struggled with deciding who my audience was despite feeling a very clear narrative pull. It isn't until about the tenth revision that I'm finally getting ahold of who exactly this is for.
Also, I'm grateful for your voice. I look forward to reading these!
Drew, thank you for reading. I am with you--ten revisions may be conservative in terms of discovering audience. Sometimes, reading memoir can feel a bit like reading a poem in that I feel myself as a reader listening and looking over someone's shoulder to the words.
Dr. Allbaugh, thank you for writing this--I'm always interested in how memoir writers think of audience. For the longest time I struggled with deciding who my audience was despite feeling a very clear narrative pull. It isn't until about the tenth revision that I'm finally getting ahold of who exactly this is for.
Also, I'm grateful for your voice. I look forward to reading these!
Drew, thank you for reading. I am with you--ten revisions may be conservative in terms of discovering audience. Sometimes, reading memoir can feel a bit like reading a poem in that I feel myself as a reader listening and looking over someone's shoulder to the words.
So good to hear from you!