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Stephanie Sweeney's avatar

“It lets us write from the wisdom and insight of the healed place instead of the wound.” This is a brilliant piece of memoir writing advice.

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Amanda Saint's avatar

Thank you, Stephanie. I’m glad it touched you!

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Teri Leigh 💜's avatar

"memoir is a mosaic, not a map" I wish I'd known this before I started writing mine back in 2013.

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Amanda Saint's avatar

It’s never too late to do it again!

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Teri Leigh 💜's avatar

I’m sure there’s another on in me someday.

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Alicia Joyful's avatar

This is exactly what my book that I released on Feb 28th. It was and continues to be such a beautiful releasing, receiving of myself, the stories, and how I let the acceptance and compassion continue to show up again and again. I believe everyone would benefit from writing a memoir. For themselves and many around them.

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Amanda Saint's avatar

Thanks for sharing your experience, Alicia. I agree that it benefits us all to write our experiences to understand what we learned from them.

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Brigitte Kratz's avatar

Hi Amanda, I just sent you a somewhat truncated message regarding your writing class (so in case you wonder…that was me :))

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Amanda Saint's avatar

Hi Brigitte, I have replied to the message 😊

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sara v's avatar

«And memoir, when written from this space, becomes an offering. Not “look what I’ve been through,” but do you recognise this feeling too?»

Such a beautiful way to describe how I feel about writing and sharing my stories.

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Jessy Easton's avatar

What a beautiful offering! I've already written my memoir, which I'm not serializing here on Substack, but this is the course I wish I had when I started!

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Amanda Saint's avatar

I’m glad you like the sound of it, Jessy! And if you ever want to write another one, or revise the one you’ve written, it would be lovely to have you on the course!

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