Today, Joyce continues her conversation with Anne about one of the most important challenges for writers of personal narratives or memoir - whether or not we have a right to tell a story that involves other people who might be made uncomfortable by it.
Is it our job to make the readers feel comfortable with our stories?
Maybe sometimes, the job of a writer is to go to the uncomfortable place.
Sometimes, the job of a writer is to take the reader to a place where they simply feel.
And sometimes, it is in going to the uncomfortable place, that we learn things that we've been needing to know.