I'm a big believer in sort of sense memory, like using something that you've experienced in order to put yourself in the position that the character is in.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Memory narrativises itself.
Memory is a way of telling you what's important to you.
Memory is the way we keep telling ourselves our stories - and telling other people a somewhat different version of our stories.
Even as I think of myself as a 'rememberer,' I also know my memory is probably doing all this work to reconstruct a narrative where I come off better.
I always try to write from memory, and I always try to use memory as an editor. So when I'm thinking of something like a relationship or whatever, then I'm letting my memory tell me what the important things were.
I was trying to figure out what a memory feels like.
Memory is a fiction we tell ourselves: just a piece of the truth.
I've actually got quite a good memory. I've good recall. It's often things which other people might not notice.
After you've read a novel, you only retain a vague memory of its contents. You remember the atmosphere, the odd image or phrase or vivid cameo.
Memory is the thing you forget with.