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18.31: Getting Personal: Mining Your Life for Themes

Writing Excuses

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The Importance of Bringing the Reader Along

I think that's true for joyful, fun things as well. I remember there was an episode of Babylon 5 where the captain had been given a teddy bear and it was so weird. The director prank him by filming the whole thing and giving it to us. That can happen in your own relationship to your happy memories. Like you have a very deep relationship with why this particular thing that happened is so meaningful for you.

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