Welcome to my Narrative Project Whenever I have written narratives for school in the past, I have felt emotive. Was a subject to write about our daddy's regarding the letter from Franz Kafka to his daddy. I did my letter and I read that in front of my class and when I finished that I saw all my classmates tearing and applauding, was so embarrassing and started to cry too.
I'm a very emotional person, especially when it comes to my family. I could cry in a moment, but I try to hide my emotions in front of other people. I don't want them to see me cry, so just like to behave as I don't have nothing and everything is fine. I used to say that if I have a problem or I feel to cry is not the fault of no one so is better to hide my emotions and I like to express myself only in front of my close friends or family.
To begin my process of writing the memoir, I first composed A Letter to my Author Self... When I wrote this third blog post, I had a really big break from the last time I sat down to write. This letter was more like a reflection of how I could start writing again, enough to be more focused and trying to write just a little every day. It helped me as it was really a push and I felt more motivated to continue writing my thoughts and making me reflect on the idea of what I wanted to write about the memoir.
In blog 4, where I wrote Writing Process Roundtable, I had to imagine a conversation between three authors Don Murray, Mary Karr, and Anne Lamott, I learned a lot about how to write. Creating this discussion helped me a lot with writing because it is enough to write down every idea that comes to our mind and then we can edit. It is important to always write something. In the 5th blog, Composing an Emotional Scene with Dialogue and Symbolism, I had to write about an emotional situation with dialogue. This has really been a thrilling write-up for me since it was about my dissertation day, and things didn't go the way I had dreamed.
Finally, in blog 6, I had to think of a Memoir Counterfactual, how about if things had gone differently. There could always be a different ending, this is exactly what I had to write, assuming all other possible alternatives. This writing helped me a lot with my memoir as it was a reflection, it was about my coming to America and how my life changed completely.
In my Memoir Narrative Project I wrote about a very painful story in my life, loss of my son almost two years ago. This memoir has been very challenging for me since writing about him is an open wound for me that hurts my soul, but it was also a form of relief. I wish that no one was in such a situation and who might have gone through something similar, has my maximum support.