Non-fiction / Why I write (six-word memoir)

Thanks for the kind words.  

Thank you for the review.  I’m pleased that someone who understands the subject got to read it.  You’re quite right, it isn’t going to be understood by many so perhaps not suited to this ‘memoir opportunity’.

Hi, you can never know whether the editors or judgers get the sophistication of this quote or not – they may be able it and appreciate it. It is no harm to give it a go for memoir opportunity I think. Hope this helps. Good luck.

Thank you for taking the time to find the definitions.  It’s interesting to me that you chose to score it before you did that research.  

I appreciate the use of catharsis and mimesis require the reader to understand the terms, but I didn’t think it was abstract.

I write to relieve tension and anxiety (catharsis) through the representation of my [human] actions in literature (mimesis).

What I meant was that the terms are abstract, not tangible, concepts. The meaning is clear (I know my literary terms, thanks!), but there’s a lack of the physical, the “baby shoes, never worn” that keep it from resonating, at least for me. A number of entries are using abstract concepts (love, death, life, happiness, solitude, etc.), so this didn’t stand out for me. But since your vocab is more elevated and a little more narrow in scope, it might be enough to help differentiate it. Anyway, good luck again.

How about taking the time to read a definition of any words you don’t know and then judge it based on that?  I don’t know about you, but I don’t get Shakespeare on a first reading, but don’t just write it off because I’m too lazy to find out.