"I want you to know what it is
really like to live the life of a geisha, a life filled with extraordinary
professional demands and richly glorious rewards. Many say I was the best
geisha of my generation; I was certainly the most successful. And yet, it was a
life that I found too constricting to continue. And one that I ultimately had
to leave. It is a story that I have long wanted to tell." (Geisha, a Life
by Mineko Iwasaki)
It's about evoking memories and
giving them life inside a story.
PRACTICE
Exercise. Remembering a friend
- To gain inspiration, look for pictures of when you were young. For instance,
let's think that you find one of yourself enjoying a moment with your
grandfather, with a friend from childhood, or with someone that you loved
deeply. Why not write a story about your relationship with that person? Why do
you seem so happy? What were you doing? What happened on that day? How was your
grandfather's personality? Use those feelings. Were you in a park or at home?
Close your eyes and imagine yourself in that moment: What can you smell? How is
the light coming from the window like? How is the room decorated? Are there any
animals at home? Are you alone? What do you like doing? What do you like
talking about? Ask yourself all of this. Relive that moment, and express it on
your story. You can change the names and features that you like. You can make
it autobiographical, or let characters created by you live that relationship.
You choose.
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