What makes a memoir unique?
Not information.
Not personal confession.
Not fibbing.
A memoir about a relationship has to be unique. The reasons are simple and fundamental. Every person is unique. Every relationship between two persons is unique.
The length of your relationship and the length of your memoir doesn't matter. For example, you could write a two-sentence memoir about a stranger who had an impact on you. "You know, I met someone once who…"
You could write a memoir about an offhand remark you always remembered. A friend of mine in her 20s, backing away from too much freedom in college once said to me something I always remembered: "After awhile when you can do anything you want, you don't want to do anything at all."
Here are some ideas:
- A Stranger Who Had A Big Impact On Me
- Someone Who Said Something I've Never Forgotten
- Someone I Always Envied
- Someone I Looked Up To
- Someone I Lost Touch With
- Someone I Went To School With And What Happened To Him/Her
- Someone I Never Resolved Things With
- Someone I Played With When I Was A Kid
- Someone I Saw Once
- Someone I Used To Date
StoryCorps celebrates 10 years of success this month. Listen to StoryCorps interviews for inspiration. They are all about relationships.
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