Your Life as Story
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| Rating | : | 4.57 (664 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B001VEHZT8 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 368 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-10-09 |
| Language | : | English |
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J. Jacobs said invaluable resource to writers of memoir or autobiography. This book does an excellent job of prodding one to dig deeper, asking pointed questions and directed short exercises to get you thinking. In writing my memoir, I had a hard time going beyond the surface events and revealing myself. This book asked me just the questions I needed to consider to remove my focus from events and to look at my inner emotions and confl. Extremely thorough and useful book! Marilyn Jaye Lewis I concur with most of the customers reviewing this book, it deserves all 5 stars. Whether you're a professional writer seeking to write/publish a memoir, or a private individual who wants help putting together a personal life story or family history, this book is immediately useful, inspiring, and educational. It's packed to the brim with information but it's ve. Excellent book for both memoir and fiction writing Diane Chamberlain I'm a multi-published novelist trying her hand at memoir writing, and YOUR LIFE AS STORY has been a phenomenal aide. I continually find myself thanking Ms. Rainer for taking the time to cover EVERYTHING that goes into writing a memoir. Her exercises help me sort out and make sense of the jumble of memories rolling around in my head. I'm going to recommend this b
Rather, it is a process that helps us re-remember the past so that we can better understand the meaning of the present. Every person's life tells a story, but few of us dare to consider our own story worthy of being written. Tristine Rainer shows us how to apply the structure of story telling to an ordinary life to give it shape, meaning, and clarity. . Learning the tricks to becoming a better autobiographic writer may not lead to getting published, nor should that be the goal
Blending literary scholarship with practical coaching, Rainer shares her remarkable techniques for finding the essentials of story structure within your life's scattered experiences. Most important, she explains how to treasure the struggles in your past and discover the meaning within those experiences to capture the unique myth at work in your life.. Like Mary Karr or Frank McCourt, we can shape those stories into dramatic narratives that are compelling to others. In Your Life As Story, autobiography expert Tristine Rainer explains how we can all find the important messages in our lives