tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-119270472100281278.post5992913933756642232..comments2024-01-24T12:51:19.125-05:00Comments on Not Sure: How to Write a Spiritual MemoirJohn Sukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14257475843355209416noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-119270472100281278.post-260850469068230942014-05-20T16:10:18.321-04:002014-05-20T16:10:18.321-04:00Paul, I probably should have added another point, ...Paul, I probably should have added another point, one raised by your response. Audience is an important consideration. And if you are writing for family, for its posterity, or for yourself, that may well outweigh some of the other considerations I've raised. I wish my father had written a memoir just for the family. We would have treasured it too. Thanks.<br />John Sukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14257475843355209416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-119270472100281278.post-27533672349418338962014-05-20T12:36:25.578-04:002014-05-20T12:36:25.578-04:00Thanks again, as always John, helpful and promptin...Thanks again, as always John, helpful and prompting. <br /><br />I guess you're helping us write a memoir someone else will want to read, which is different perhaps from the memoirs people want to write for themselves and perhaps their loved ones. I think it's good for people to write them, even bad ones. They won't get published and probably don't need to be despite the wishes of the authors. <br /><br />My father wrote one mostly for his friends and family. I treasure it, especially now that he's passed. It isn't a great book, flawed in many of the ways you described above, but in it is a piece of him. He probably wrote the best one he could and for me that is enough. Thanks again. Paul Vander Klayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06223428897906325654noreply@blogger.com