I am sorry I made writing scarier for you and added more to your writing tasks. Writing is stressful in the base case, and memoirs can be uniquely agonizing to put forth. The process (and writer) need to be held gently and firmly and I am sorry I did not do that for you here.
Jackie, your column was wonderful as always and a gentle but firm reminder of our responsibility as writers, to tell but not too much, to inspire without preaching and entertain those who invest in us.
You have just made writing a memoir even scarier. So very much to consider.
I am sorry I made writing scarier for you and added more to your writing tasks. Writing is stressful in the base case, and memoirs can be uniquely agonizing to put forth. The process (and writer) need to be held gently and firmly and I am sorry I did not do that for you here.
Jackie, your column was wonderful as always and a gentle but firm reminder of our responsibility as writers, to tell but not too much, to inspire without preaching and entertain those who invest in us.