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Remembering [1]

Fiction [2]
8.23.23

“While researching the mechanisms of memory, I uncovered a delightful and, yes, terrifying fact from neuroscience: Each time we recall an event, we change it,” writes Rebekah Bergman in a recent installment of our Craft Capsules series [3] about using the slipperiness of memory to craft fiction. “Every memory I hold onto might just be a story I tell myself. And the more I tell it as a story, the more I forget about the original event.” Is there an event from your past that’s been rewritten by the mechanisms of memory? Try writing a short story inspired by the gaps between your core memories. How can you use the slipperiness of memory to craft the perspective of a character?


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[1] https://www.pw.org/content/remembering_0 [2] https://www.pw.org/genre/fiction [3] https://www.pw.org/content/the_enchantment_of_memory_drawing_inspiration_from_science_and_fairy_tales