November 12 Activity: Use Sense Details in Your Memoir

Use Sense Details—They Bring Us Into the Story

The difference between a memoir and a personal essay has largely to do with how each affects us differently. A memoir is one heart speaking to another while a personal essay is one mind speaking to another.

A memoir engages our sympathy and our feelings while a personal essay addresses our minds. In view of this, the memoir does well to bring us into the scene of the story and make us feel we are there.

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