The complete guide to writing autobiography, memoir, personal essay, biography, travel and creative nonfiction.
Writing True Stories is the essential book for anyone who has ever wanted to write a memoir or explore the wider territory of creative nonfiction. It provides practical guidance and inspiration on a vast array of writing topics, including how to access memories, find a narrative voice, build a vivid world on the page, create structure, use research-and face the difficulties of truth-telling.
This book introduces and develops key writing skills, and then challenges more experienced writers to extend their knowledge and practice of the genre into literary nonfiction, true crime, biography, the personal essay, and travel and sojourn writing. Whether you want to write your own autobiography, investigate a wide-ranging political issue or bring to life an intriguing history, this book will be your guide.
Writing True Stories is practical and easy to use as well as an encouraging and insightful companion on the writing journey. Written in a warm, clear and engaging style, it will get you started on the story you want to write-and keep you going until you reach the end.
By:
Patti Miller
Imprint: Allen & Unwin
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions:
Height: 235mm,
Width: 153mm,
Spine: 25mm
Weight: 432g
ISBN: 9781760293086
ISBN 10: 1760293083
Publication Date: 28 June 2017
Audience:
General/trade
,
ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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
Reviews for Writing True Stories: The complete guide to writing autobiography, memoir, personal essay, biography, travel and creative nonfiction
Patti is the writing whisperer! She taught me how to stop daydreaming and to get writing. I couldn't have written my memoir without her! -- Jessica Rowe, bestselling author of IS THIS MY BEAUTIFUL LIFE? It's the book for you, if you're facing a long and daunting process and would like to feel that someone is there to hold your hand. * Sydney Morning Herald *
