From the Publisher: Writing Life Stories is a classic text that appears on countless creative nonfiction and composition syllabi the world over. This updated 10th anniversary edition gives readers the same friendly instruction and stimulating exercises along with updated information on current memoir writing trends, ethics, Internet research, and even marketing ideas. Readers will discover how to turn their untold life stories into vivid personal essays and riveting memoirs by learning to open up memory, access emotions, shape scenes from experience, develop characters, and research supporting details. With creativity sparking ideas from signing a form releasing yourself to take risks in your work to drawing a map of a remembered neighborhood, this book is full of innovative techniques that prove that real stories are often the best ones.
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ISBN:9781582975276 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN:1582975272 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Physical Description:296 pages ; 23 cm. print
Edition:Fully revised second edition, [tenth anniversary edition].
Includes bibliographical references (p. 270-291) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Getting started -- Memory -- Scenemaking -- Big ideas -- Characters and character -- Stage presence -- Finding the facts -- Metaphor and meaning -- Saying it right -- Building a building -- Getting published -- Appendix A : "Into woods" / by Bill Roorbach -- Appendix B : "The olive jar" / by Kristen Keckler -- Appendix C : "On apprenticeship" / by Bill Roorbach -- Appendix D : suggested readings in creative nonfiction.
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