I love everything in this post, Ellen (of course!) and really look forward to these updates of how the month has been and where it’s taken you. Really special to read the considered and thoughtful analysis of your own writing, your creative process, grief, and mothering - thanks for sharing with us x
Thanks Clare! I’m finding these monthly reflections really valuable for helping me think aloud about the writing process and the topics I’m writing about, so really glad they’re interesting for others to read too 🥰 xx
This is such a gently thoughtful and thought provoking piece Ellen. It sounds like you’ve found a way of working that really suits you and the process you’re moving through with your memoir. I’ve been thinking about my dad a lot since we started Memoir in a Month, and realising how differently I’ve grieved each of my parents, and how my grief for my dad is like a process of retrieving parts of myself that I’d suppressed.
Thank you Jaimie 🥰 I’m constantly fascinated by the different forms grief takes for different people and how it keeps changing and evolving over time. Sending love xx
So happy you’re enjoying the course and it sounds like you’re on the right path! Some books come easily and some books need to be carefully crafted to make sense, all our valid.
I love everything in this post, Ellen (of course!) and really look forward to these updates of how the month has been and where it’s taken you. Really special to read the considered and thoughtful analysis of your own writing, your creative process, grief, and mothering - thanks for sharing with us x
Thanks Clare! I’m finding these monthly reflections really valuable for helping me think aloud about the writing process and the topics I’m writing about, so really glad they’re interesting for others to read too 🥰 xx
This is such a gently thoughtful and thought provoking piece Ellen. It sounds like you’ve found a way of working that really suits you and the process you’re moving through with your memoir. I’ve been thinking about my dad a lot since we started Memoir in a Month, and realising how differently I’ve grieved each of my parents, and how my grief for my dad is like a process of retrieving parts of myself that I’d suppressed.
Thank you Jaimie 🥰 I’m constantly fascinated by the different forms grief takes for different people and how it keeps changing and evolving over time. Sending love xx
So happy you’re enjoying the course and it sounds like you’re on the right path! Some books come easily and some books need to be carefully crafted to make sense, all our valid.