Writing Your Autobiography - Brossura

Jackie Sherman

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1847162169 ISBN 13: 9781847162168

Casa editrice: Emerald Publishing, 2011

Riassunto

Many people regret the fact that they didn't get to know their parents or grandparents well enough and that it is now too late. If only they had left a written record of their lives! So that your descendants won't be left in the same position, now is the time to write an autobiography. You can use this book to help you overcome any self-imposed barriers, trigger more details from your past, improve your writing, identify the best way to organise your memories into a complete book or target other types of writing. Follow the activities in the book and you will be amazed how quickly your material builds into a body of work you can be proud of.

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Recensione:

Someone once said that everyone has a book inside them. Well, what better book to write than your autobiography? In this book, Jackie Sherman tells us how to record all those memories and turn them into a readable and interesting format.

Each chapter covers a different stage of planning and is divided into sub-sections with activities throughout. The author is a teacher, and this come through clearly as she guides the reader through the various stages involved in telling your story. Although Writing Your Autobiography makes no attempt to disguise the fact that it is a textbook, it's easy to follow and written in a style that makes you feel that a tutor is by your side.

In many ways, assimilating the information that you need to write your autobiography is akin to genealogical research. Indeed, I felt that the author s greatest advice is the fact that it's the details that bring your story to life, and the book's exercises help to remind readers of this, turning the task into a pleasure rather than a toil.

Many people consider writing their autobiography and may well be daunted by the enormity of the task. This book is a must for anyone who is thinking of doing it. That said, it's important that you don't just think about it, but do it now.

We owe it to our descendants to record something about our lives and the times that we live in. How often have we wished that the old family stories we heard as children had been written down for posterity? --John Williams, Who Do You Think You Are Magazine

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• Editore: Emerald Publishing
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1847162169
• ISBN 13: 9781847162168
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 144