Highlights from Children

Highlights from "Letters to the Reader," the final assignment in a class I taught this semester on memoir:

"Dear Reader, As a writer, I discovered that I am a good writer."

"What was difficult about writing these stories is that I had to put alot of metaphords so people would like to read it and that was hard."

"Dear Reader, I think if I was determined I cold be a proffesional writter...What I discover about myself is that my material is very interesting. Sometimes when I have nothing to write about I just put sentences down, but sometimes theres no story."

This last one is from a student who wrote in her memoir, "I like to exchange gifts with my friends and family because I always give and receive the best gifts."

Know thyself!