Writing Selling Your Memoir
Author: Balzer, Paula
ISBN: 9781599631356
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Year first published: 09 Jul 2011
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback / softback
b>There's more to writing a memoir than just writing your life story./b>br>br>A memoir isn't one long diary entry. Rather, it's a well-crafted story about a crucial, often exceptionally difficult, time in someone's life. i>Writing Selling Your Memoir/i> talks readers through the process of telling their most personal stories in a compelling, relatable, and readable manner. Unlike other books dedicated to the art and craft of writing memoir, it teaches readers how to approach the genre with love, respect, and know-how without sentimentalizing it.br>br>Drawing on her experience working with New York Times best-selling memoirists, literary agent b>Paula Balzer/b> carefully explores the genre and provides readers with step-by-step instruction on how to-br>br>.Identify strong opening and closing pointsbr>.Find and develop a strong central hook that readers can relate tobr>.Structure a memoir to maximize readabilitybr>.Use dialogue and pacing to enhance intimacybr>.Approach honesty and truthfulnessbr>.Build a successful author platform around their memoir br>.Get an agent's attentionbr>.Get publishedbr>br>br>Full of tips, techniques, detailed exercises, and examples from best-selling memoirs as well as sidebars from well-known memoir authors, i>Writing Selling Your Memoir/i> teaches you how to approach an often tricky genre and tell your story without sentimentalizing it.
ISBN: 9781599631356
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Year first published: 09 Jul 2011
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback / softback
b>There's more to writing a memoir than just writing your life story./b>br>br>A memoir isn't one long diary entry. Rather, it's a well-crafted story about a crucial, often exceptionally difficult, time in someone's life. i>Writing Selling Your Memoir/i> talks readers through the process of telling their most personal stories in a compelling, relatable, and readable manner. Unlike other books dedicated to the art and craft of writing memoir, it teaches readers how to approach the genre with love, respect, and know-how without sentimentalizing it.br>br>Drawing on her experience working with New York Times best-selling memoirists, literary agent b>Paula Balzer/b> carefully explores the genre and provides readers with step-by-step instruction on how to-br>br>.Identify strong opening and closing pointsbr>.Find and develop a strong central hook that readers can relate tobr>.Structure a memoir to maximize readabilitybr>.Use dialogue and pacing to enhance intimacybr>.Approach honesty and truthfulnessbr>.Build a successful author platform around their memoir br>.Get an agent's attentionbr>.Get publishedbr>br>br>Full of tips, techniques, detailed exercises, and examples from best-selling memoirs as well as sidebars from well-known memoir authors, i>Writing Selling Your Memoir/i> teaches you how to approach an often tricky genre and tell your story without sentimentalizing it.
