Writing the Memoir Cinematically: Part 2
| Backstory Post-its on a Timeline | In my previous post, I asked the question: "Does backstory have to appear chronologically in a memoir?" After searching my memoir writing books and even asking Google, I found no definitive answer. I realized I needed to ask a slightly different question: "Do the backstories |
in my memoir need to appear in chronological order?" This question freed me to discover what might be best for writing God, the Devil, and Divorce. To make that decision, I first set up a chart by taping several printer pages together to create a timeline. On large pink Post-it notes I put important scenes and placed them in chronological order. I wrote backstory events on the small blue notes. Then the fun began., and up popped another consideration. Should I group the backstory events by subject matter? What would you do?
(Please watch for Part 3, coming soon.)
