| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Cover -- Author bio -- Praise for Writing True Stories -- By the same author -- Title page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Epigraph -- Prologue -- Part One -- Starting Out -- 1 -- Exploring the territory -- 2 -- How to use this book -- 3 -- WORKSHOP ONE -- Getting started -- 4 -- WORKSHOP TWO -- Memory and other sources -- 5 -- WORKSHOP THREE -- Bringing it to life-Detail -- 6 -- WORKSHOP FOUR -- Bringing it to life-Scenes -- 7 -- WORKSHOP FIVE -- Finding your voice -- 8 -- WORKSHOP SIX -- Structure -- 9 -- WORKSHOP SEVEN -- Inventing the story-Narrative -- 10 -- WORKSHOP EIGHT -- Style matters and editing -- Part Two -- Masterclasses -- 11 -- WORKSHOP NINE -- Midway blues-Continuing on -- 12 -- WORKSHOP TEN -- Madeleines and unicorns-Sensory detail -- 13 -- WORKSHOP ELEVEN -- Research -- 14 -- WORKSHOP TWELVE -- The storyteller's seat-Narrating position -- 15 -- WORKSHOP THIRTEEN -- Beauty of form-More structure -- 16 -- WORKSHOP FOURTEEN -- The magic spell-More narrative -- 17 -- WORKSHOP FIFTEEN -- Difficulties of truth-telling -- 18 WORKSHOP SIXTEEN -- Avoiding self-indulgence -- 19 -- WORKSHOP SEVENTEEN -- Borderlands-Memoir and fiction -- 20 -- WORKSHOP EIGHTEEN -- Creative nonfiction -- 21 -- WORKSHOP NINETEEN -- Wish you were here-Travel memoir -- 22 -- WORKSHOP TWENTY -- Random provocations-The personal essay -- 23 -- Where to now?-Publishing -- Reading list -- Useful contacts -- Acknowledgements -- Index |
| Summary |
The complete guide to writing autobiography, memoir, personal essay, biography, travel and creative nonfiction |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Authorship -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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English language -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Written communication -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Biography as a literary form.
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Biography.
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biographies (literary works)
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biography (general genre)
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Authorship
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Biography as a literary form
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English language
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Written communication
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| Genre/Form |
handbooks.
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Handbooks and manuals
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Handbooks and manuals.
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Guides et manuels.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781760638719 |
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1760638714 |
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9781000944594 |
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100094459X |
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9781000938548 |
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1000938549 |
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