tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4396875931357506685.post7284862698090023098..comments2024-02-10T02:12:10.516-08:00Comments on CAROLINELEAVITTVILLE: memoir vs. fiction, what to do, what to doCarolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02724359857107668407noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4396875931357506685.post-29579882072517219682008-06-25T06:50:00.000-07:002008-06-25T06:50:00.000-07:00Mercury has gone direct! It's enough to make me be...Mercury has gone direct! It's enough to make me believe in astrology.Clea Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10810838253598050028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4396875931357506685.post-45707033388162363812008-06-24T17:12:00.000-07:002008-06-24T17:12:00.000-07:00I like that image, the nervous energy buildup, and...I like that image, the nervous energy buildup, and I think you're right. I'm just at the stage where I've done too much to turn back, but the doubt and anxiety level is making me nuts, hence the whole, well maybe I should write a memoir. Maybe I should alphabetize all my snow globes or clean my files!<BR/><BR/>God, three of us starting new projects all at once!Carolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02724359857107668407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4396875931357506685.post-10082622736018237242008-06-24T17:02:00.000-07:002008-06-24T17:02:00.000-07:00Oh, ditto on the new novel anxiety!! I think I am ...Oh, ditto on the new novel anxiety!! I think I am starting one - I'm afraid to even say it - and all I've done today is paperwork, opening the windows, running around and closing them when the latest thunderstorm rolls in, and open them again... aiee!<BR/><BR/>I am telling myself - and I share with you - the theory that it is necessary to build up this head of nervous energy before really diving in. But it is uncomfortable, isn't it?Clea Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10810838253598050028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4396875931357506685.post-80000398858033850152008-06-24T14:09:00.000-07:002008-06-24T14:09:00.000-07:00What about fictionalized memoirs? Where do they fi...What about fictionalized memoirs? Where do they fit in?<BR/><BR/>My real life definitely provides a lot of material for my fiction, and I always worry about my personal essays being accurate enough...was I really wearing high heels? or were they platforms? details that are neither really here nor there, but am afraid that someone will call me on!<BR/><BR/>I think a fictionalized memoir allows one to share their interpretation of events...is this true?<BR/><BR/>As for anxiety over starting a new novel...my apartment has never been cleaner :)Gina Sorellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15651102053639300887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4396875931357506685.post-53527170638466104032008-06-24T13:00:00.000-07:002008-06-24T13:00:00.000-07:00Clea, that's really interesting--I think I've trie...Clea, that's really interesting--I think I've tried to make sense of my life through my fiction because there are always subconscious issues that creep in--and probably because it's more fun. But I also wonder if this sudden urge for me has to do with the anxiety of beginning a new novel. A memoir already has the plot, after all.Carolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02724359857107668407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4396875931357506685.post-48910523286523796292008-06-24T12:46:00.000-07:002008-06-24T12:46:00.000-07:00Very good questions, Caroline. Very big issues. I ...Very good questions, Caroline. Very big issues. I moved from writing memoirs (three, more or less) to fiction because I was done writing about myself and I wanted to have some fun. But the novels I write are mysteries,which are about imposing order on the world (as opposed to memoirs, which are about making sense of your life). So... I don't know.Clea Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10810838253598050028noreply@blogger.com