The Fine Art of Flexible Storytelling

Throw open new storytelling doorways and let in some air

By Dinty W. Moore

There are any number of reasons we get stuck while writing a memoir, not the least of which is that looking inward is exhausting. Trying to remember, trying to process, trying to distinguish between false memory and reliable recollection. Hard, hard, hard.

And of course, so much of what we as memoirists explore is tied to past trauma or disappointments, and revisiting those moments can be draining as well.

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