Memoir Writing For Dummies (eBook)
384 Seiten
Wiley (Verlag)
978-1-118-41467-5 (ISBN)
Learn to:
- Mine your past for great stories
- Choose the best structure to highlight your story
- Get your memoir published
- Market your finished memoir
Expert tips and strategies to help you craft your life story and get it published!
Memoir writing is a growing phenomenon — and it's not just for celebrities and politicians. Everyone has a story to tell, and Memoir Writing For Dummies provides you with the tools you need to share your life story with the world. With easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions — along with helpful tips and advice on how to get published — Memoir Writing For Dummies shows you how to put pen to paper and hone the craft of writing a truly compelling memoir. You'll get advice on how to explore your memories, map out your story, perfect your plot, and so much more. Packed with proven tips and writing tricks of the trade, Memoir Writing For Dummies gives you everything you need to ensure your life story is never forgotten.
- Remember the past — put on your research cap and uncover your memories
- Get over writer's block — find out how to deal with distractions and focus on the task
- Write your first draft — develop your structure, setting, characters, and dialogue
- Edit your work — explore ways to push your story to the next level and make revisions like the pros
- Get published — understand the publishing process and decide which route is right for you
- Market your memoir — develop strategies to get the word out about your memoir
Open the book and find:
- Ways to unlock your memories
- Writing exercises in each chapter to improve your manuscript
- How to use metaphor and figurative language
- Strategies for fine-tuning your story
- Tips for editing your work
- How to find a literary agent
- Understanding the difference between traditional publishing and self-publishing
- Ways to promote your finished product
The fast and easy way to write your memoir Memoir writing is a growing phenomenon, and not just by celebrities and politicians. Everyone has a story to tell, and Memoir Writing For Dummies provides hopeful writers with the tools they need to share their life stories with the world and become published authors. With easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions along with helpful tips and advice on how to get published Memoir Writing For Dummies shows you how to put pen to paper and hone the craft of writing a truly compelling memoir. You'll get advice on how to explore your memories, map out your story, perfect your plot, setting, character, and dialogue, and so much more. Includes tips on getting over writer's block Guides you through every step of the writing and editing processes Covers the best ways to market a finished memoir Packed with proven tips and writing tricks of the trade, Memoir Writing For Dummies gives you everything you need to ensure your life story is never forgotten.
Ryan G. Van Cleave, PhD, is the author of 20 books, including creative writing textbooks, an illustrated humor book, a young adult novel, and a bestselling memoir.?He lives in Sarasota, Florida, where he works as an international speaker, a freelance writer, and the creative writing coordinator for The Ringling College of Art + Design. He has taught memoir writing at numerous universities as well as at prisons, community centers, and urban at-risk youth programs.
Introduction 1
Part I: The First Steps to Writing a Memoir 7
Chapter 1: The Lowdown on Memoir Writing: Just the Basics 9
Chapter 2: Getting Started: What You Need to Know about WritingYour Memoir 17
Chapter 3: Understanding What Readers Expect: The Story Behind aGood Story 35
Chapter 4: Researching and Remembering: Gathering EnoughMaterial 47
Chapter 5: Developing Ideas like the Pros 61
Part II: Telling Your Story with Pizzazz 75
Chapter 6: Giving Your Story Some Structure77
Chapter 7: Establishing the Setting and Scene 93
Chapter 8: The Character of Characters 111
Chapter 9: Making the Most of Dialogue 129
Chapter 10: Realizing the Power of Voice 153
Chapter 11: Handling Point of View 165
Chapter 12: Bold Beginnings and Fantastic Finishes 179
Part III: Revising, Editing, and Pushing Your Story to theNext Level 193
Chapter 13: Adjusting the Big Picture: Fine-Tuning Structure andStory 195
Chapter 14: Ensuring the Theme and Meaning Are What You Want207
Chapter 15: Making Revisions 221
Chapter 16: Streamlining Your Story with Sentence-Level Edits231
Chapter 17: Saying the Unsayable: Knowing What to Include orExclude 251
Part IV: Sharing Your Story: A Publishing Primer 263
Chapter 18: Locating and Landing a Literary Agent 265
Chapter 19: Making Sense of Traditional Publishing and theSubmission Process 281
Chapter 20: Going It Alone: Self-Publishing and E-Publishing299
Chapter 21: Promoting Your Finished Product (and Yourself)317
Part V: The Part of Tens 333
Chapter 22: Ten Myths about Memoirs 335
Chapter 23: Ten Reasons Memoirs Are Rejected 341
Chapter 24: Ten Tips to Writing Your First Book 347
Index 353
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 4.2.2013 |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Schulbuch / Wörterbuch |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Bildungstheorie | |
| Schlagworte | Schreiben |
| ISBN-10 | 1-118-41467-5 / 1118414675 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-118-41467-5 / 9781118414675 |
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