Essays, memoirs, and stories are different forms of writing.
Principally, essay and story are names defining 2 ends of a continuum of focus varying
from acting to thinking. In a story, you can imagine the characters in a more
dramatic way. There are comprehensible plots and it includes detailed explanations
on the background of the character and even the environment in which the
character resides. The stories are quite intriguing and they take us in a
totally different world.
Writing has evolved over the ages. Essays have gained
fame in more recent times, especially the personal essays that show the values,
beliefs, and opinions of the writer. The essay involves more meaningful topics.
Essays generally contain the topics which lead us to self understanding and it
is more articulate and delivered in an organized manner.
A memoir is an account from history or biography from personal learning.
Memoirs can be long or in brief form. You can get a good variety of memoirs
from your local library. Some you will find are in huge volumes and some may be
a book of around 50 pages. On the other hand, story writing contains a fully
evolved theme in the beginning. You can create a short story out of it, and you
can even elaborate on the idea and generate a novel.
Stories may also involve a life story, which contains
more of real life experiences and incidents. Customarily, essays will have
strict limitations. Stories differ from the essays. They have lots of drama,
dialogue, actions, different plots, and different elements, which make the
reader more keen with heart pumping experiences and you get totally lost in the
story. Whereas, the essays show us the way to self realization and understanding
the condition in the topic.
In some common circumstances, the autobiography and memoir
can be utilized by interchanging. An autobiography concentrates on the incidents
of the writer’s life in a more organized sequence, whereas a memoir contains one
particular part of the writer’s life. Both memoirs and autobiographies are narrated
in the first person voice and both the forms of writings are inspired from true
incidents from the writer’s life. They each hold personal information and are supposed
to permit the reader to understand and realize the the author's point of view.
In short, the reader starts thinking like an author. You will find detailed analyses
in both memoirs and autobiographies, though memoirs are generally more personal
as compared to autobiography.
More commonly, personal essays are well-matched to the
complete purpose of story and making sense of perceptions and experiences. The
essay writing procedure aids to organize reflective fragments into an impending
and logical story. Once this fundamental understanding is well organized, it
can be embroidered and refined into a work of good writing by utilizing dialogue,
description, other forms of writing, and a good plot for good impact on the
reader.
A memoir, unlike essays and stories, concentrates on
one facet of the writer’s life. Many people compose memoirs to discuss their
experiences in their careers, in war or their family life. Memoirs generally contain
a comparatively short span of time of life. It concentrates on one or two
incidents in a writer’s life. The main purpose of the memoir is to draw the
reader’s attention to the particular incidence in a writer’s life.
Good stories help to connect with readers. It contains
all the action, reflection and more artful manner and it contains all the
components that impacts the readers and the reader gets more engrossed in the
story. Stories can be a work of fiction, it could be inspired by true events,
it can be science fiction, horror, social, etc.
You can start your writing with any of these forms. It
depends on your creative skills. There is no standard formula for writing a
great story, essay, or memoir. It is the writer’s magic, which creates a great
work of art.
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