Tag: opening
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There’s a moment in every memoir that I think about more than I probably should. It’s not the climax. It’s not the resolution. It’s the first sentence. That tiny threshold that stands between the writer and the reader, asking them to cross over into a world they have never visited,…
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Every memoir begins with a door. That’s how Ursula Le Guin described it: first sentences are doors to the world, and like any door, they promise two things at once — the world you’re about to enter, and the person who will guide you through it. But I’ve been wondering…
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