Unlocking Creativity: Elissa Altman Reveals the Radical Power of Saying ‘Yes’ in Memoir Writing
At that point, I decided that I needed to keep writing about what it means to suddenly lose your family of origin. And the thing about being disowned is that you can’t get disowned twice; at that point, my fear and self-loathing had given way to the need to shed light on what had happened to me. I was like, I’m done. It’s now twelve years out since the publication of that first memoir and I feel very much like I’m in a different place emotionally and creatively. It’s still heartbreaking and it’s still traumatizing, but I feel like my creative life is mine again.
