Page Patronage: When Memoirs Push an Agenda When memoirs push an agenda, page patronage is the act of crafting done to move and influence reader’s perception. We read memoirs for intimate, deep dives into another’s life, hoping to understand what…
On the page is the memoir: an episodic, linear, circular, stream-of-consciousness recollection of the life moments we choose for emotional impact. Early Childhood Memories on the Page Our memories archive vivid and pristine moments that are also blurry and hazy.…
A paradox on page is the possibility of freedom and constraints. We are free to create, but we are also bound by the demands of language. We meet this paradox as we balance the boundless flow of our thoughts and…
As memoirists, we are bound to the essence of our lived lives. We grapple with the urgent sense that this story holds profound meaning, not just for ourselves as writers, but also for ourselves as readers – detached observers of…
We’ve all been there. We sit down to write our memoir, excited to finally write our story on paper. But then…writer’s block hits. Here on page-craft, we call this ‘page problems’ – those pesky obstacles that pop up at every…