Writing True Stories: The complete guide to writing autobiography, memoir, personal essay, biography, travel and creative nonfiction

ISBN-13: 9781760293086 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 352 str.

Miller, Patti

Opis

Clear, engaging and practical advice from Australia's foremost teacher and practitioner of memoir and life writing.

Spis treści

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