Unlocking Creativity: Elissa Altman Reveals the Radical Power of Saying ‘Yes’ in Memoir Writing
And she did brilliantly and continued the narrative excavation of his history and bisexuality. She gave a galley of the book to each of her eight siblings, and said, if there is something that upsets you or disturbs you or you need to have changed in the book, please let me know. I believe only one of them came back to her and she made whatever change was requested. The New Yorker excerpted it and three of her eight siblings, despite having seen the galley, famously pilloried her in letters to the editor. All of which is to say: it is a moving target. Nothing is a guarantee.
