The jump-off line comes from When you Write a Story by Marjorie Saiser.
When you write the story of life, start at the beginning. Tell us where you come from. Was the childhood happy? Could you still remember much of it?
When you write the story don’t leave out the family history. I don’t know about yours but there are already blank spots for my grandparents. I never met either of my grandfathers. They died before I was born. I know my maternal grandfather’s name and that he worked for an overseas ship company in Shanghai. That was a good job with good pay. My fraternal grandfather had three names but I only remember his nickname- Main Street Huai for living on the main street.
When you write the story do you write about the events or do you write about the emotions?
When you write the story do you think about the theme first?
P.S. I went on a 10-day shopping trip to Hong Kong at the start of this month and that’s why there were no blog posts but I’m back this week.
