Fearless Confessions: A Writer's Guide to Memoir - Brossura

Silverman, Sue William

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ISBN 10: 082033166X ISBN 13: 9780820331669

Casa editrice: Univ of Georgia Pr, 2009

Riassunto

Everyone has a story to tell. Fearless Confessions is a guidebook for people who want to take possession of their lives by putting their experiences down on paper--or in a Web site or e-book. Enhanced with illustrative examples from many different writers as well as writing exercises, this guide helps writers navigate a range of issues from craft to ethics to marketing and will be useful to both beginners and more accomplished writers.

The rise of interest in memoir recognizes the power of the genre to move and affect not just individual readers but society at large. Sue William Silverman covers traditional writing topics such as metaphor, theme, plot, and voice and also includes chapters on trusting memory and cultivating the courage to tell one's truth in the face of forces--from family members to the media--who would prefer that people with inconvenient pasts and views remain silent.

Silverman, an award-winning memoirist, draws upon her own personal and professional experience to provide an essential resource for transforming life into words that matter.Fearless Confessions is an atlas that contains maps to the remarkable places in each person's life that have yet to be explored.

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L'autore

Sue William Silverman teaches at Vermont College of Fine Arts. Her first book,Because I Remember Terror, Father, I Remember You (Georgia), received the AWP Award for Creative Nonfiction. She is also the author of Love Sick: One Woman’s Journey through Sexual Addiction (made into a Lifetime TV move) as well asThe Pat Boone Fan Club: My Life as a White Anglo-Saxon Jew.

Product Description

This title shows how to craft compelling art out of personal experience. Everyone has a story to tell. "Fearless Confessions" is a guidebook for people who want to take possession of their lives by putting their experiences down on paper - or in a Web site or e-book. Enhanced with illustrative examples from many different writers as well as writing exercises, this guide helps writers navigate a range of issues from craft to ethics to marketing and will be useful to both beginners and more accomplished writers. The rise of interest in memoir recognizes the power of the genre to move and affect not just individual readers but society at large. Sue William Silverman covers traditional writing topics such as metaphor, theme, plot, and voice and also includes chapters on trusting memory and cultivating the courage to tell one's truth in the face of forces - from family members to the media - who would prefer that people with inconvenient pasts and views remain silent. Silverman, an award-winning memoirist, draws upon her own personal and professional experience to provide an essential resource for transforming life into words that matter. "Fearless Confessions" is an atlas that contains maps to the remarkable places in each person's life that have yet to be explored.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Univ of Georgia Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 082033166X
• ISBN 13: 9780820331669
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 237