Permission to not Write Memoir: Writing about Painful Memories

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Sometimes we need to give ourselves permission to not write memoir. Writing memoir involves going deeper in our stories. And writing a deeper memoir can often bring up painful memories and difficult stories. One of the ways of dealing with painful memories in writing memoir is to give ourselves permission to not write memoir. In this video I share how you can do just that and how else you can make a place for writing in your life.

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📓 Video Chapters:
00:00 Introduction to Permission to not Write Memoir: Writing about Painful Memories
00:20 Good advice on how to write a memoir
00:43 What to do when writing about painful memories
01:32 Find place in your life for writing
02:02 How to embrace living like a writer
03:20 How to shaping your writing life
03:55 When you give yourself permission not to write this could happen

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Brenda

📚 Write Your Memoir with Brenda Smit-James Inc.

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The horrors of some events are best written in an another form rather than what actually happened. Thanks for this pep talk. ❤️

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Am I able to purchase a one on one or is that not offered right now?

therapybee

Hi Brenda, I am puzzled by something when writing a memoir. I have three topics that all occur concurrently in my life and I can't see writing about any one of them exclusively. I wanted to write about how I survived my husband's suicide but that would mean writing about my bad marriage (controlling husband), my bipolar disorder and our travels which were a big part of the story. All this took place within the time frame I would be writing about. I can't leave any one topic for another memoir then. Do you have any advice you could give me, please? Thanks for this video. It was very helpful as I did actually give myself permission to stop writing when I examined my bad marriage. But now that I would approach it from my survival point of view, I can see tackling it again.

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