BONUS: 4 Rules For Sharing Your Story (Especially When It's Hard) with Carmen Rita Wong

10 Things To Tell You

Laura Tremaine

Society & Culture, Unknown, Personal Journals

4.7 • 930 Ratings

🗓️ 17 November 2023

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

I love memoirs. I love hearing other people's stories in their own words. And, of course, I champion the idea to Share Your Stuff. But what if the story you need to tell is really difficult? What if it's hard to do justice to the truth while also protecting (or not protecting) other people? My guest for this conversation is author Carmen Rita Wong and she is sharing her own 4 rules to doing this well. Carmen Rita Wong's memoir is called Why Didn't You Tell Me? and is a book about secrets and identity. Learn more about Carmen Rita Wong Follow Carmen Rita Wong FULL SHOW NOTES HERE SUBSCRIBE to 10 Things To Tell You so you never miss an episode! CLICK HERE for episode show notes FOLLOW @10ThingsToTellYou on Instagram FOLLOW @10ThingsToTellYou on Facebook JOIN the 10 Things To Tell You Connection Group SIGN UP for episode emails, links, and show notes JOIN the Secret Stuff Patreon BUY THE BOOK: Share Your Stuff. I'll Go First. by Laura Tremaine BUY THE BOOK: The Life Council: 10 Friends Every Woman Needs by Laura Tremaine Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Laura Tremaine and I have 10 things to tell you.
0:07.0	I'm Laura Tremaine and I have 10 things to tell you.
0:12.0	And you have 10 things to tell you.
0:12.5	And you have 10 things to tell.
0:15.9	This show is about connection with each other
0:18.7	and with ourselves.
0:20.1	And the hope is that the things we talk about here will be fuel for better conversations and a personal awareness.
0:26.4	Each episode has a prompt or a topic that I want you to take to your journal, text to a friend,
0:31.9	or share on social media using the hashtag 10
0:34.9	things to tell you. This is a show about digging deeper and sharing our
0:39.4	stuff. I'll go first. I have always really enjoyed reading memoirs. I just love hearing someone else's
0:47.6	story in their own words, especially when is it interesting or unique or like
0:52.2	nothing that I've ever heard before. But as a writer and now as an
0:56.1	author I know the trickiness that comes with trying to publicly tell your story
1:02.1	when that story is difficult, particularly when those difficult
1:06.7	parts involve other people. It is a tenuous balance to remain true to your own story and also respectful of others.
1:16.2	My guest today is a writer who knows this tension well.
1:20.2	Carmen Rita Wong is the author of the memoir,
1:22.6	Why Didn't You Tell Me?
1:24.2	She's also written Never Too Real
1:26.2	and Never Too Late, two novels in a series.
1:28.8	Carmen has a 20-plus year career in media,
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