The issue of Endnotes recently came up in conversation with a memoirist, so I thought I’d address it here. To have them or not to have them? When most readers think of endnotes, they imagine heavy biographies, scholarly works, or history tomes where every statement must be documented and sourced. Endnotes reassure readers that the […]
As I mentioned when I described what constitutes a “scene,” whether it’s in a memoir or fiction work, there are other building blocks that go into telling a story. Today I’m going to talk about Setting More Than Just Background When I think about writing, whether memoir or mystery, setting is one of those elements […]
Definition of a Scene in Memoir Wendy Dale defines a scene as a piece of writing that occurs at a specific point in time—marked by a clear time anchor such as “one day,” “that Thursday at 3 p.m.,” or “four hours later.” It’s the part of the story where the reader actually lives through the moment […]
LORENZO PABLO MARTINEZ 