“You might address the letter to your children, if you have a few lying around, or to a niece or nephew, or to a friend. Write that person’s name at the top of the page, and then in your first line, explain that you are going to tell them part of your story, entrust it to them, because this part of your life meant so much to you.”
from “Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life” by Anne Lamott
Writing Fiction 