Writing Life Stories
How to Make Memories Into Memoirs, Ideas Into Essays and Life Into Literature
Penguin Publishing Group · Print & ebook · July 1, 2008
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- Who it’s for
- A friendly, practical guide to shaping remembered life into essays and memoir.
- Themes
- Memoir writing, Personal essays, Writing from memory and experience
- Genres
- Writing Nonfiction & Memoir, Writing Composition, Unlocking Creativity
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How to Make Memories into Memoirs, Ideas into Essays, and Life into Literature From drawing a map of a remembered neighborhood to signing a form releasing yourself to take risks in your work, Roorbach offers innovative techniques that will trigger ideas for all writers. Writing Life Stories is a classic text that appears on countless creative nonfiction and composition syllabi the world over.
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This updated 10th anniversary edition gives you the same friendly instruction and stimulating exercises along with updated information on current memoir writing trends, ethics, internet research, and even marketing ideas. You'll discover how to turn your 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. This guide will teach you to see your life more clearly and show you why real stories are often the best ones.
Memory Into Story
A friendly, practical guide to shaping remembered life into essays and memoir.
Come here for
- Prompts that open up memory and help shape scenes from experience
- A closer look at emotion, character, research, and memoir ethics
Expect
- Instruction and exercises for writers at work
- A blend of craft guidance and reflection on real stories
Where it sits
| Writing Nonfiction & Memoir | 99% |
|---|---|
| Unlocking Creativity | 45% |
| Writing Composition | 37% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Writing as a Career
- Writing Composition
- Writing Nonfiction & Memoir
- Authors
- Bill Roorbach
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Published
- July 1, 2008
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Memoir writing · Personal essays · Writing from memory and experience
- Reading lane
- Writing as a Career