That's EXACTLY the way you should be doing it! Write when you feel like it and keep it a fun exercise. Pat did most of her early content on 3X5 cards as she thought of something, then piled them next to her computer to be fleshed out the next time she felt like it. That's why it took her two years to compile a draft.
That's EXACTLY the way you should be doing it! Write when you feel like it and keep it a fun exercise. Pat did most of her early content on 3X5 cards as she thought of something, then piled them next to her computer to be fleshed out the next time she felt like it. That's why it took her two years to compile a draft.
Editing and proofreading (and ghostwriting) are what I did for most of my corporate years, so it was easy for me to do the developmental and copyediting, then proofreading and publishing.
The main point I try to make in my book (Write the Story of You) is that any moment when the process ceases to be fun for you is the moment you should drop it and do something else until you get the urge to continue, whenever that might be.
After all, what's the hurry?
It sounds to me like you're in the process of creating a "Re-start" to your whole life, Caitlin, and given the traumas of your past, that may be a wise decision.
As such, casual efforts to put together a memoir might just be the kind of diversion you could turn to need to take a break from the focus of your new adventures.
And as it progresses, you'll find it is a handy tool to remind you of your past successes.
I'll never forget how often I used to hear Pat commenting, as she researched her content, things like: "Gee, I'd forgotten how much fun we had with the kids when we first moved to San Francisco . . ."
That's EXACTLY the way you should be doing it! Write when you feel like it and keep it a fun exercise. Pat did most of her early content on 3X5 cards as she thought of something, then piled them next to her computer to be fleshed out the next time she felt like it. That's why it took her two years to compile a draft.
Editing and proofreading (and ghostwriting) are what I did for most of my corporate years, so it was easy for me to do the developmental and copyediting, then proofreading and publishing.
The main point I try to make in my book (Write the Story of You) is that any moment when the process ceases to be fun for you is the moment you should drop it and do something else until you get the urge to continue, whenever that might be.
After all, what's the hurry?
It sounds to me like you're in the process of creating a "Re-start" to your whole life, Caitlin, and given the traumas of your past, that may be a wise decision.
As such, casual efforts to put together a memoir might just be the kind of diversion you could turn to need to take a break from the focus of your new adventures.
And as it progresses, you'll find it is a handy tool to remind you of your past successes.
I'll never forget how often I used to hear Pat commenting, as she researched her content, things like: "Gee, I'd forgotten how much fun we had with the kids when we first moved to San Francisco . . ."
Good luck, and please keep me posted,
Jim McCarthy