This is kind of weird, but if you played text-based computer games as a kid (Zork anyone?) then you’ll get the references. It’s basically Edward Gorey’s  ”the unspeakable horror of the literary life” told through the lens of an Infocom game. 

You are at a desk. There is typewriter and a ream of paper.
Write novel.

You have written a novel. You have used seven years of life force.
Write memoir. 

Are you sure about that?
Write memoir. 

You have written a memoir. You have no dignity points left.