The Resource Your life is a book : how to craft and publish your memoir, Brenda Peterson, Sarah Jane Freymann
Your life is a book : how to craft and publish your memoir, Brenda Peterson, Sarah Jane Freymann
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- 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"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- x, 260 pages
- 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
- Isbn
- 9781570619304
- Link
- 9781570619304.jpg
- Label
- Your life is a book : how to craft and publish your memoir
- Title
- Your life is a book
- Title remainder
- how to craft and publish your memoir
- Statement of responsibility
- Brenda Peterson, Sarah Jane Freymann
- Language
- eng
- 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"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1950-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Peterson, Brenda
- Dewey number
- 808.06/692
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- CT25
- LC item number
- .P467 2014
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Freymann, Sarah Jane
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Autobiography
- Biography as a literary form
- LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Composition & Creative Writing
- LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Authorship
- REFERENCE / Writing Skills
- Label
- Your life is a book : how to craft and publish your memoir, Brenda Peterson, Sarah Jane Freymann
- Link
- 9781570619304.jpg
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-260)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- Control code
- ocn869262318
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- x, 260 pages
- Isbn
- 9781570619304
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Lccn
- 2014021812
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- System control number
- (OCoLC)869262318
- Label
- Your life is a book : how to craft and publish your memoir, Brenda Peterson, Sarah Jane Freymann
- Link
- 9781570619304.jpg
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-260)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- Control code
- ocn869262318
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- x, 260 pages
- Isbn
- 9781570619304
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Lccn
- 2014021812
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- System control number
- (OCoLC)869262318
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