Wooooowww, your story and the ways that rigid evangelicalism seeped into all the different areas of your life and caused religious trauma are very familiar to me! I've written my spiritual memoir also. From your experiences of college being a culture shock of sorts, crush on a girl and feeling terrible about / repressing those feelings, to disordered eating (and understanding that from a context of high-control religion)...yup yup yup, feel ya there.
I'm sure you're fine with posting this stuff right now. One day in the future you can ask your agent / editor what they want you to do with this material - but I've also discovered that drafts go through so many iterations, this will be just another version of the final draft. It's all your story and this is the way you're telling it right now!
Well I can’t wait to read your memoir now. So much I can relate to in your post here. Best of luck in everything!
Wooooowww, your story and the ways that rigid evangelicalism seeped into all the different areas of your life and caused religious trauma are very familiar to me! I've written my spiritual memoir also. From your experiences of college being a culture shock of sorts, crush on a girl and feeling terrible about / repressing those feelings, to disordered eating (and understanding that from a context of high-control religion)...yup yup yup, feel ya there.
I'm sure you're fine with posting this stuff right now. One day in the future you can ask your agent / editor what they want you to do with this material - but I've also discovered that drafts go through so many iterations, this will be just another version of the final draft. It's all your story and this is the way you're telling it right now!
Look forward to more from you!