Tasting Home – Judith Newton on writing memoir on Books Can Save A Life

Excerpt:"Writing a memoir requires a different emotional orientation.  The idea is to open yourself up, to share private stories with your public, and  to engage with readers on an emotional level. I had to imagine a non-academic audience to write like that and, even then, writing the memoir sometimes felt like jumping into free fall off a cliff.   Taking classes was helpful with this.  I often imagined my audience as the other people in the class."For the full interview, click here: bookscansavealife.com