How I Wrote a Memoir: Part IV

An Anecdote, Not an Essay

Before we say goodbye to my creative writing workshop in 2007, let’s discuss one more piece from the ten I wrote during the quarter. In Part III, we looked at a story involving my relationship with my college boyfriend. For the final lesson, I wrote about the man I would date immediately after him while I was still grieving lost love—a rebound that would last longer than the relationship from which I was rebounding. Lesson 10 is called “Drive-Through Debacle.” With my third boyfriend, I had many debacles from which to choose between 1997 and 1999. This one involves an undignified late-night, post-dance-club Del Taco run.

I went through my Twitter “likes” and created a list of some of the best pieces I read this year. Here’s a sampling. What were some of your favorites of 2022?

Conversations from the Archive
August 2013
Los Angeles, California

Writing the Personal Essay

Daniel M. Jaffe
Nancy Spiller
Aaron Shulman