Comments on: I Sacked My Writing Coach!

By: Wayson Choy: Your Story Is Absolutely Worth Telling

Wayson Choy: Your Story Is Absolutely Worth Telling — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:16:14 +0000

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By: jurgen wolff

jurgen wolff — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:41:37 +0000

Hi John, I think it’s only fair to warn people that publishers are very resistant to this genre but of course there are always exceptions and I believe that if you really are driven to write something, that’s what you must do. I follow that philosophy myself–I’ve just finished writing a satirical novel and if there’s any genre that’s harder to place with a publisher than a memoir, it’s a satirical novel! Good luck with your project.

By: cindy

cindy — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:53:50 +0000

Take heart John, in the old days, writers used to write was often referred to as “thinly veiled autobiography” and call it fiction. Memoir, novel, these are marketing terms, and while it’s important to pay attention to the market, you’re right to write what’s in your heart. BTW I am putting down the novel I’ve been reading to go to the bookstore and buy Mary Karr’s new memoir.