A memoir is not a chronological, thematically tone-deaf recitation of everything remembered. That's autobiography, which should be left, in this twenty-first century, to politicians and celebrities. Oh, be honest: It should just be left.
A memoir is not an exhibition for exhibitionism's sake. If nothing's been learned from a life, is it worth sharing? Or, if nothing's been learned yet, shouldn't the story wait?
A memoir is not a self-administered therapy session. Memoirists speak to others and not just to themselves.
Beth Kephart, Handling the Truth, 2013
A memoir is not an exhibition for exhibitionism's sake. If nothing's been learned from a life, is it worth sharing? Or, if nothing's been learned yet, shouldn't the story wait?
A memoir is not a self-administered therapy session. Memoirists speak to others and not just to themselves.
Beth Kephart, Handling the Truth, 2013
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