How To Write A Memoir In 30 Days

Author : Roberta PHD Temes
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1621451526
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How to Write a Memoir in 30 Days written by Roberta PHD Temes and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-03-18 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How to Write Your Memoir in 30 Days provides the framework for writers enthusiastic about telling their story, but wondering how to begin. Step-by-step techniques, culled from writers’ workshops taught by the author, are presented in a welcoming, non-intimidating style. The prospect of writing a book is not daunting when compartmentalized into thirty discrete assignments: Days 1 – 5 include exercises to identify major themes. Days 6 – 10 include exercises about plot. Days 11 – 15 include exercises about personalities. Days 16 – 20 include exercises about experiences. Days 21 – 25 include exercises that analyze responses to events. Days 26 – 30 include exercises that structure the story of the memoir. The book also includes information about publishers and literary agents, as well as information and resources about self-publishing. It also includes quick “clear communication” lessons about spelling and grammar. Perfect for today’s society, where we are all accustomed to celebrating each of life’s passages with a blog post and comfortable sharing our innermost feelings, How to Write a Memoir in 30 Days is a fun, easy guide to writing the next great memoir.

Author : Allan G. Hunter
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1844092526
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Write Your Memoir written by Allan G. Hunter and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-06-01 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing from more than 25 years of literary know-how and modeled after a 15-week college course, this manual provides guidance for seekers wishing to delve further into self-exploration through writing. Extending beyond the idea that memoir writing intends to put past events into a more understandable current perspective, the guide maintains that keeping a document of one’s life is actually the basis of a psychic process called “soul work,” which manifests as a desire to experience the state of being alive to the fullest. This unusual approach to memoir writing aims to generate more honest and genuine results that come from inner needs rather than outer expectations. Intended to clarify a writer’s developmental path, this resource emphasizes the importance of self-awareness and the need for dealing with difficult material that actually alters the writer in the process, resulting in significant growth of the soul.

Author : Ryan G. Van Cleave
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118414675
Total Pages : 397 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Memoir Writing For Dummies written by Ryan G. Van Cleave and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-02-04 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fast and easy way to write your memoir Memoir writing is a growing phenomenon, and not just by celebrities and politicians. Everyone has a story to tell, and Memoir Writing For Dummies provides hopeful writers with the tools they need to share their life stories with the world and become published authors. With easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions—along with helpful tips and advice on how to get published—Memoir Writing For Dummies shows you how to put pen to paper and hone the craft of writing a truly compelling memoir. You'll get advice on how to explore your memories, map out your story, perfect your plot, setting, character, and dialogue, and so much more. Includes tips on getting over writer's block Guides you through every step of the writing and editing processes Covers the best ways to market a finished memoir Packed with proven tips and writing tricks of the trade, Memoir Writing For Dummies gives you everything you need to ensure your life story is never forgotten.

Author : Linda Joy Myers
Publisher : She Writes Press
ISBN 13 : 1938314271
Total Pages : 159 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Journey of Memoir written by Linda Joy Myers and published by She Writes Press. This book was released on 2013-02-14 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Journey of Memoir you will find lessons on how to write a great scene; information on the difference between freewriting and outlining, and why you need both; timeline and turning point exercises to help create structure; and much more. This unique workbook gives you the tools you need to begin, develop, and complete your memoir.

Author : Regina Brooks
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1250015669
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book You Should Really Write a Book written by Regina Brooks and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2012-08-21 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Even if you don't happen to be a celebrity, this book will teach you methods for striking publishing gold—conceptualizing, selling, and marketing a memoir—while dealing with the complicated emotions that arise during the creation of your work. If you've ever been told that "You should really write a book" and you've decided to give it a try, this book is for you. It hones in on the three key measures necessary for aspiring authors to conceptualize, sell, and market their memoirs. Written especially for those who don't happen to be celebrities You Should Really Write a Book reveals why and how so many relatively unknown memoirists are making a name for themselves. With references to more than four hundred books and six memoir categories, this is essential reading for anyone wanting to write a commercially viable memoir in today's vastly changing publishing industry. The days are long gone when editors and agents were willing to take on a manuscript simply because it was based on a "good" idea or even because it was well written. With eyes focused on the bottom line, they now look for skilled and creative authors with an established audience, too. Brooks and Richardson use the latest social networking, marketing, and promotional trends and explain how to conceptualize and strategize campaigns that cause buzz, dramatically fueling word-of-mouth and attracting attention in the publishing world and beyond. Full of current examples and in-depth analysis, this guide explains what sells and why, teaches writers to think like publishers, and offers guidance on dealing with complicated emotions—essential tools for maximizing memoir success.

Author : Lynn C. Miller
Publisher : University of Wisconsin Pres
ISBN 13 : 0299293130
Total Pages : 147 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Find Your Story, Write Your Memoir written by Lynn C. Miller and published by University of Wisconsin Pres. This book was released on 2013-05-31 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every person has a story to tell, but few beginners know how to uncover their story's narrative potential. And despite a growing interest among students and creative writers, few guides to the genre of memoirs and creative nonfiction highlight compelling storytelling strategies. Addressing this gap, the authors provide a guide to memoir writing that shows how an aspiring writer can use storytelling tools and tactics borrowed from fiction to weave personal experiences into the shape of a story.

Author : Katherine Bomer
Publisher : Heinemann Educational Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Writing a Life written by Katherine Bomer and published by Heinemann Educational Books. This book was released on 2005 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Writing a Life, Katherine Bomer presents classroom-tested strategies for tapping memoir's power, including ways to help kids generate ideas to write about, elaborate on and make meaning from their memories, and learn craft from published memoirs.

Author : Marion Roach Smith
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1455501824
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Memoir Project written by Marion Roach Smith and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2011-06-09 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An extraordinary "practical resource for beginners" looking to write their own memoir—​now new and revised (Kirkus Reviews)! The greatest story you could write is one you've experienced yourself. Knowing where to start is the hardest part, but it just got a little easier with this essential guidebook for anyone wanting to write a memoir. Did you know that the #1 thing that baby boomers want to do in retirement is write a book—about themselves? It's not that every person has lived such a unique or dramatic life, but we inherently understand that writing a memoir—whether it's a book, blog, or just a letter to a child—is the single greatest path to self-examination. Through the use of disarmingly frank, but wildly fun tactics that offer you simple and effective guidelines that work, you can stop treading water in writing exercises or hiding behind writer's block. Previously self-published under the title, Writing What You Know: Raelia, this book has found an enthusiastic audience that now writes with intent.

Author : Jane Taylor McDonnell
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0140265309
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Living to Tell the Tale written by Jane Taylor McDonnell and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1998-03-01 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Writing is a second chance at life," writes Jane McDonnell. "I think all writing constitutes an effort to establish our own meaningfulness, even in the midst of sadness and disappointment." In Living to Tell the Tale, McDonnell draws on this impulse, as well as on her own experiences as a writer and teacher of memoir, to give us what should become the definitive book on writing "crisis memoirs" and other kinds of personal narrative. She provides specific techniques and advice to help the writer discover his or her inner voice, recognize—and then silence—the inner censor, begin a narrative, and develop it with such aids as photographs and documents. Citing many landmark works such as Maxine Hong Kingston's The Woman Warrior and Frank McCourt's Angela's Ashes, as well as unpublished writings, McDonnell shows how writers can recreate past experiences through memories, and imaginatively reshape material into the story that needs to be told. Each chapter concludes with exercises to help the writer grapple with particular problems, such as trying to write about experiences that are only partly recalled. McDonnell also offers a list of recommended reading. • Memoirs, such as Mary Karr's The Liars' Club (Penguin) have hit bestseller lists nationwide during the past year, and are of great interest to aspiring writers.

Author : Darien Gee
Publisher : Watermark Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781935690535
Total Pages : 127 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Writing the Hawaii Memoir written by Darien Gee and published by Watermark Publishing. This book was released on 2014-05-02 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thinking of writing your memoir or family history but don't know where to start? This invaluable how-to book with tips from more than 20 Hawaii writers and 25-plus writing exercises will help you on your way. You don't have to live in Hawaii to benefit from this book--it works no matter where you live. Writing the Hawai'i Memoir: Advice and Exercises to Help You Tell Your Story uses Hawai'i's rich cultural diversity and history of oral storytelling to propel writers into action. It's for anyone who has a life story and wants to share it with others, and it will help you complete your memoir quickly and easily regardless of your writing experience.