I\’ve missed my Thursday \”A Writer In Her Library\” feature, so I figured I\’d resurrect it.  I\’ve been doing a lot of work with autobiography and memoir lately, and I adore Tristine Rainer.  She has a great book, Your Life As Story,  and I\’ve found it really helpful through the process.

One of the first assignments she gives is to write a fairytale of your life\’s story.  It\’s an interesting exercise.  She said that some students want to cram their lives into an existing fairytale, but she suggests writing a completely new tale, in the style of a fairytale.

What about you, Dear Reader?  How do you feel about memoir and autobiography?