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lil · 3857 days ago · link · · parent · post: Chess: A Story about Five Generations of Chess in My Family
String together all the corrections you've been subject to . . . and therein lies a tale. In addition to an image or metaphor - chess, grammar - there is also, often, a story that is told over and over again, a story that has lodged itself in the family mythology, a story that holds within it a family's values or driving force. These are the stories I try to pry out in workshops called: "Writing Family Stories." I think this story here is probably my family's central myth, at least of my generation. I'd love to hear more stories of family myths.