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Step inside the writing brain #2

The juicy inside scoop on my memoir

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Welcome to the second installment of my super secret behind-the-scenes memoir posts. In this issue I discuss my plan to gather photographic evidence from ground zero: my mother's house. For the first installment, see here:

Step inside the writing brain #1

Step inside the writing brain #1

Jude Jones (they/them)
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Jul 25
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My memoir is kind of a mosaic—all of the individual vignettes come together to build up a picture. The hope is that these photographs spark memories that help me fill in some of the gaps in the mosaic.

Colorful mosaic
Photo by Raimond Klavins on Unsplash

I know the photographs will help because my PhD happens to be on the subject of memory. And one thing we know about memory is that it's much easier to remember things when you have clues.

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