Moral Dilemma in Personal Narratives and Memoir: Is it our job to make the readers feel comfortable with our stories?
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Today, Joyce continues her conversation with Anne about one of the most important challenges for writers of personal narratives or memoir - whether or not we have a right to tell a story that involves other people who might be made uncomfortable by it.
Is it our job to make the readers feel comfortable with our stories?
Maybe sometimes, the job of a writer is to go to the uncomfortable place.
Sometimes, the job of a writer is to take the reader to a place where they simply feel.
And sometimes, it is in going to the uncomfortable place, that we learn things that we've been needing to know.
Moral Dilemma in Personal Narratives and Memoir: Is it our job to make the readers feel comfortable with our stories?