Writing in Retirement is an Ideal Way to Share Life Experiences With Your Loved Ones
sorrow, anger or raised the writer’s consciousness humanizes the story and invites the reader to empathize with him/her. Whenever it is possible to detail the reactions of others with accuracy, you will strengthen your story still further
Getting Started
While remembering and sorting out the relevant experiences of your life may seem like an insurmountable task at first, I have counseled a number of successful memoirists to spend one hour or so every day for a week sitting alone and quietly and reaching back for significant memories.
Clear your mind completely of distractions, as you would if you were meditating. Reach back for special family events, dinners, holidays, vacations, etc. The recollection of a unique piece of clothing-a dress or suit you absolutely loved when six-years-old-can trigger wonderful memories of the
