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Rated: 18+ · Folder · Experience · #1376636
Memoirs and Autobiographical Writing
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A piece of autobiographical writing is an author's self portrait. One writes about a memory expounded in the present; it is depicted truthfully as it happened, but told through the filter of emotional clarity that may or may not have been available in the past. When I first attempted this genre of writing during a workshop with MetaphorSquared Author Icon, (assignments and notes from that workshop are found in the folder 'Thumbnail Sketches'), I was taken by surprise at my unease. It turns out it is very hard for me to tell the truth! I fought the constant urge to embellish the past, twist the facts and spit shine my otherwise dull recollections. I was also reminded of the nagging fear I had as a young girl writing my secrets in a diary, worried that someone would read my truth. I realized I am much more comfortable standing naked behind the protective wall of fiction, than standing naked in the open hall of non-fiction.

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Portfolio -> Short Stories ~ My first (writing) love -> Self Portraits in Non-Fiction
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    The Under-Protective Mother  Open in new Window.
    Rated: 13+ · Experience · #1591321
    A TRUE STORY -- Written for the August 2009 round of Quotation Inspiration
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    Rated: E · Comedy · #1400555
    Meal time is a time to be together, laughing, sharing, ... gagging...
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    Under The Magnolia's Gaze  Open in new Window.
    Rated: 13+ · Drama · #1394393
    Memoir piece recalling an incident that taught all those involved a lesson on humanity.
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    Rated: E · Experience · #1344947
    Family lore is precious, but accurate?
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    Rated: E · Other · #1367229
    Signatures I use on WDC
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