In praise of Maria Bamford's Sure, I'll Join Your Cult's use of tropes to develop an effective message around your memoir and bring your readers into the story quickly.
Thanks so much for this - very helpful! I love that you say scars and secrets are the bread and butter of memoir. That makes a lot of sense to me and is a great and simple focus.
If you’ve never seen Maria Bamford’s “Special Special Special,” check it out. She performs standup in her living room with her parents as the only audience members. Bonkers. In a good way.
Yes I love her Special, Special, Special! Her parents were pretty game. My all time fav are probably her web series where she plays everyone in her family. Such good stuff!
Your Trope Goddess comment makes my day! ❤️
I’m so glad it’s helpful! Secret and scar as foundational tropes for memoir gives lots of opportunities to combine with other tropes too.
Super helpful and who knew there was a Trope Goddess? Grateful to have stumbled upon you, Jennifer, and this post.
Thanks so much for this - very helpful! I love that you say scars and secrets are the bread and butter of memoir. That makes a lot of sense to me and is a great and simple focus.
If you’ve never seen Maria Bamford’s “Special Special Special,” check it out. She performs standup in her living room with her parents as the only audience members. Bonkers. In a good way.
Yes I love her Special, Special, Special! Her parents were pretty game. My all time fav are probably her web series where she plays everyone in her family. Such good stuff!
She’s pretty amazing.
Perfect timing, this is very helpful! Thank you!