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Thanks to some feedback at the Zurich Writers Workshop a couple of weeks ago, I now know exactly what was missing: the memoir needs more perspective. To achieve this, I am now going back and rewriting the chapters in the past tense in order to create more narrative distance and add a bit more reflection and cultural insight to the work.
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Any bits of advice you’ve learned at a class or workshop that you found immediately helpful?
No, but thanks for yours. (What a lot of work to change it all!) I have never been comfortable with present tense writing, so now I feel vindicated.
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