The autobiographer's handbook : the 826 National guide to writing your memoir /

The autobiographer's handbook : the 826 National guide to writing your memoir /

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Edition:1st ed.
Imprint:New York : Henry Holt and Co., 2008.
Description:242 p. ; 21 cm.
Language:English
Subject:
Autobiography.
Biography as a literary form -- Study and teaching.
Autobiography.
Biography as a literary form -- Study and teaching.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7489583
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Other authors / contributors:Traig, Jennifer.
826 National (Organization)
ISBN:9780805087130 (pbk.)
0805087133 (pbk.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-236).
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The Brain Trust
  • Chapter I. Meeting Your Muse
  • Chapter II. Precursors to the Past
  • Chapter III. You vs. Page One
  • Chapter IV. Lines, Curves, and Tangents
  • Chapter V. Methods for Movement
  • Chapter VI. Trimming the Fact
  • Chapter VII. Memories May Differ
  • Chapter VIII. You Contain Multitudes
  • Chapter IX. Getting the Joke
  • Chapter X. Writing through Pain
  • Chapter XI. The Facts vs. the Truth
  • Chapter XII. Lost in the Labyrinth
  • Chapter XIII. The End of You (For Now)
  • Chapter XIV. Getting It Out There
  • Bonus Chapter: From the Mind, to the Internet, to the Book, to You
  • Conclusion
Given by Samuel R. & Marie-Louise Rosenthal in memory of Martin R. Rosenthal bookplate

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