Periagoge
Scenario

When writing partners discover conflicting memories while collaborating on shared stories

My writing partner and I are collaborating on a memoir project but we're realizing we remember the same events completely differently and our written accounts conflict. We're stuck between honoring both perspectives and creating something coherent, and the process is straining our friendship as we question each other's memories.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Two writers confront the unsettling reality that external memory through writing reveals the subjective nature of all remembrance.

Your guide for this
Laozi
Laozi works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Writing and the externalization of memory?”

Peri

Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.

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