| Description |
x, 260 pages ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
Part 1: crafting your memoir -- Start anywhere -- Follow the thread -- Your world as a writer -- Field notes on your life -- Showing up: creating a character of the self -- Where am I?: a sense of place and time -- Eat, pray, love -- Travel memoirs: journeys in and out -- The music of memoir: finding your own voice -- My family and other animals -- Spiritual memoirs -- The truth, the truth, and nothing but? -- "Foodoirs" and feeding the hungry writer -- Your legacy -- Part 2: getting serious about publishing -- Better blogging -- Agents -- Editors -- Book critics -- Memoirists -- Handling rejection -- Indie publishing. -- Epilogue: your stories will change you. |
| Summary |
"Everyone has a story to tell. Learn how to write your memoir and get published with the help of two well-known publishing professionals. Your Life is a Book guides budding writers though the transformative process of memoir writing to publication. In addition to exploring the unique elements of crafting a memoir--story arc, point of view, dialogue, where to start (not the beginning!)-Your Life is a Book also focuses on the self-exploration, awareness, and understanding that this emotional literary project triggers. With proven writing exercises and prompts, this book is a practical and enlightening guide to perfecting the art of memoir writing"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [253]-260) |
| Subject |
Autobiography -- Authorship.
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Biography as a literary form.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Composition & Creative Writing.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Authorship.
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REFERENCE / Writing Skills.
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| Added Author |
Freymann, Sarah Jane.
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| ISBN |
9781570619304 (paperback) |
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1570619301 (paperback) |
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