Day 55 - Strong Memories

In the blog for our reading book I reflected on how the author drew upon what must have been a very powerful (and frightening) childhood memory. I asked if anyone had a similar memory. Ben became quite upset when he read then entry. He certainly did have a memory like that – and he did not want to think about it. I told him that it would be fine if he wrote about how the question made him feel.

I did not probe for the details of the memory that upset him. I did offer that writers frequently use their work – even fiction – to ‘deal with’ issues from their own lives. Others use difference processes. The important thing is not to keep things locked up inside.