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Writing True Stories: The complete guide to writing autobiography, memoir, personal essay, biography, travel and creative nonfiction - Softcover
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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.
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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! Author: Jessica Rowe Source: 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. Source: Sydney Morning Herald
This is an excellent, pragmatic book. Source: Weekly Times
From the Author
Patti Miller began 'Life Stories Workshops' at Varuna in 1991 and is Australia's best-known memoir teacher, offering the Faber Academy course and memoir courses around Australia and in Paris. More than 35 of her writers have been commercially published.
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- PublisherRoutledge
- Publication date2017
- ISBN 10 1760293083
- ISBN 13 9781760293086
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages352
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