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Author
Pub. Date
2020
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
A guided keepsake memory book designed for children to capture and preserve their grandmother's unique memories from days of her own childhood through today. Keep a living record of her experiences, and share her hopes and dreams for her own life story. Includes over 140 questions with lined space to write the responses.
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
259 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
A companion to "A Field Guide for Getting Lost" explores the ways that people construct lives from stories and connect to each other through empathy, narrative, and imagination, sharing anecdotes about historical figures and members of the author's own family.
Author
Publisher
Cherry Lake Publishing
Pub. Date
[2015]
Lexile measure
610L
Physical Desc
1 online resource (24 pages) : color illustrations.
Language
English
Description
Introduces young students to the idea of a memoir, offering encouragement that people's personal stories are important, and instructions on how to write one.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A cleverly voiced psychological thriller about an unforgettable--and unsettling--friendship, with blood-chilling twists, crackling wit, and a thrumming pulse in its veins--from the nationally bestselling author of The Cabin at the End of the World and Survivor Song. What if the coolest girl you've ever met decided to be your friend? Art Barbara was so not cool. He was a seventeen-year-old high school loner in the late 1980s who listened to hair metal,...
5) Writing life stories: how to make memories into memoirs, ideas into essays, and life into literature
Author
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Formats
Description
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...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2015].
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xxiii, 229 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Karr breaks down the key elements of great literary memoir, opening our concepts of memory and identity, and illuminating the cathartic power of reflecting on the past. Anybody with an inner life or complicated history, whether writer or reader, will relate.
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Debbie Macomber has inspired readers with her stories for decades. Now she helps us understand that our lives are stories, part of a grand narrative that God is writing day by day. With chapters that cover the importance of characters, setting, backstory, and conflict, she uses the elements of a story to show us how to understand our own lives better. Sharing her love of story, Debbie helps showcase the big picture of the story God is writing through...
Author
Publisher
Catapult
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
xviii, 171 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Drawing on her own experiences, the author of the critically acclaimed memoir "Whip Smart" discusses how to confront the emotional, psychological, and physical work of writing about our most intimate lives.
Author
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
7 audio discs (8 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
From the bestselling author of Oracle Night and The Book of Illusions, an exhilarating, whirlwind tale of one man's accidental redemption
Nathan Glass has come to Brooklyn to die. Divorced, estranged from his only daughter, the retired life insurance salesman seeks only solitude and anonymity. Then Nathan finds his long-lost nephew, Tom Wood, working in a local bookstore-a far cry from the brilliant academic career he'd begun when Nathan saw him...
Author
Publisher
Citadel Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
xiv, 203 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Someday, your life story is likely to be boiled down to a few lines. If you leave things to chance, your obituary is almost sure to be solemn, formulaic, and full of errors--an obligatory final chapter written in haste by others. James R. Hagerty, longtime obit writer for The Wall Street Journal, knows how to get the job done right: Do it yourself, starting now, while you still can. In this heartfelt and reassuring guide, Hagerty explains how to preserve...
Author
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
3rd ed.
Physical Desc
272 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Turning Memories Into Memoirs contains countless helpful suggestions for remembering--researching--organizing--collecting and writing memories and family or personal stories. It includes* how-to writing exercises* clear explanation of literary techniques* proven motivational supports and* examples from the workshops.Turning Memories is a useful reference and guide for both beginners and experienced writers who want to write personal and family stories....
Author
Publisher
The Reader's Digest Association, Inc
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
182 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"A quick, fun and easy guide to writing a personal memoir in just one month. 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."...
Author
Pub. Date
2002
Edition
2nd ed.
Physical Desc
187 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Since the first edition came out in 1997, this book has been praised as "the best book on memoir out there." It is thought-provoking, explanatory, and practical: each chapter ends with writing exercises. It covers everything from questions of truth and ethics to questions of craft and the crucial retrospective voice. An appendix provides information on legal issues. Judith Barrington, an award-winning memoir writer and acclaimed writing teacher, is...
Author
Publisher
Gotham Books
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
xiii, 254 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
A memoir-writing guide offers writing lessons and examples for those interested in putting their memories down on paper, explains the difference between remembering and imagining, and describes the language of truth.
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st Free Press pbk. ed.
Physical Desc
xxiii, 309 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Millions of Americans want to write about their lives. With this book as the road map for getting started and following through, writers and readers will gain a deeper understanding of their own minds, learn to connect with their senses in order to find the detail and truth that give their written words power and authenticity, and unfold the natural structure of the stories they carry within. Through timed, associative, and meditative exercises, writing...