Fearless confessions : a writer's guide to memoir / Sue William Silverman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Silverman, Sue William.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Autobiography--Authorship.

Autobiography.

Authorship.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (254 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Athens : University of Georgia Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A guidebook for people who want to take possession of their lives by putting their experiences down on paper, or on a website 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.

Contents:

The longest paragraph

Savory words : the first bite of your story

Writing on key : a few notes about theme

Plotting your life

Between innocence and experience : finding your voice(s)

Mock moons and metaphor : crafting memoir into art

Writing in style

Marketing your memoir

Confessional and (finally) proud of it

Appendix 1. The meandering river : an overview of the subgenres of creative nonfiction

Appendix 2. Three confessional essays

Appendix 3. For your reading pleasure : four full-length essays

Appendix 4. Reading list of contemporary creative nonfiction.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-234).

ISBN:

9781282553262

1282553267

9780820336060

0820336068

OCLC:

593295502