Memory and Imagination Summary

When stories are retold, events, subjects and objects change as we recall them differently each time. As writers and dramatists, we exaggerate to spark interest or create a deeper effect on the reader or audience. Writing is the art of simplifying complexity. The job of the writer is to make a story flow with ease and movement for the reader to stay connected and interested. The first draft of a work is similar to a first encounter among humans. As a draft is rewritten, details emerge and the memory revives. The truth is found in details. The meaning to the story is not "attatched" but revealed as the pieces to the puzzle find their way back.