Blog about Cathy Gildiner's visit to class today. Write a paragraph-long personal response. What did you learn from her about the writing life? Did her discussion raise any new questions for you?
Cathy's visit was pretty informative. She was honest about her experiences with writing and how much work was involved not only on her part but on an array of others. The glamour that a lot of writers present as their life isn't the case for Cathy, or probably the writers themselves. The process she described of going through lawyer after lawyer to settle on the names and occupations of some of the characters in her book was really interesting because it shows how much easier it is to write fiction than fact. Yet she was committed. I have still been thinking about charting out a memoir and how brutally difficult it would be to cut out parts of your own life. The only questions I have for Cathy have to do with the identities of some of the characters. I know I won't be satisfied.
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