"Imagine this story as if you were telling it to your mother. I always write with this in mind. Keep in mind this doesn’t necessarily work when writing a memoir, but it helps to focus on telling the story to one person. I didn’t have an image of a reader, per se, but I knew that I had to use my voice to connect to them. When you connect to somebody’s writing, it is powerful because it is such an intimate experience, but imagine an added element—the element of your voice. You can use your own voice to exude sensuality, anger, love, raw emotions. I go into the studio a lot, so doing this wasn’t particularly hard for me. I just close my eyes and go into a space."
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Memoirists from the United StatesWomen journalists from the United StatesPeople from Mexico CityBarnard College alumniMexican Americans
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On whether she envisioned an audience in “INTERVIEWS: Maria Hinojosa” in BookPage (2020 Dec 3)
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