The Memoir Workbook

Author : C S Lakin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2017-12-19
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0986134791

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The Memoir Workbook by C S Lakin Pdf

Stories are powerful, and humans have been telling stories since the dawn of time. Do you feel driven to share what you've gone through and the insights you've learned in life? Do you long to tell your story but don't know where to start? The Memoir Workbook will show you, step by step, all you need to know to tell a powerful and well-written memoir. With pen in hand, you'll mine your memories and begin to put them in a coherent order inside the pages of the workbook. Passages from memoirs and writing prompts will help you get your creative juices flowing. Whether you want to publish your story or write it for yourself, this unique workbook will help you learn the most effective ways to convey your life experiences onto the page. Inside, you'll learn these essential aspects to memoir writing: How to identify your unique story as well as the things that make your story universal The many ways memoir can be structured, with examples to help you decide how to lay out your story How to determine a beginning and an ending point Ways to bring your story to life with sensory detail What "voice" is and why it's important to write from the "mature self" How to craft distilled dialogue that is engaging and sounds natural How to protect yourself and others when you write your memoir What theme is and why you need one How to pick an appropriate title for your memoir Writing a memoir is a journey of the heart. The Memoir Workbook is a light that guides you along the path, from start to finish.

Author : Marcia Rosen
Publisher : Abbott Press
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2012-05-17
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781458203007

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My Memoir Workbook by Marcia Rosen Pdf

This memoir workbook demonstrates the importance of writing your story; it also gives you the tools and guidance you need to do it. Work at your own pace and say what you want to say in your own words. This is your book, designed to tell about your life in your own voice. The workbook provides you with inspiration, motivation, and encouragement to finish the task. Writing your life story can be daunting and emotional, but it can also be fulfilling and rewarding. Share how you loved, cried, struggled, and survived with My Memoir Workbook. Marcia Rosen is a miracle worker who could coax a memoir out of anyone. Inspiring and creative, she shows us how to shape our ideas and memories into a manuscript. With insight and humor, this book moves us all a few steps closer to our dream. And anyone who knows Marcia will recognize her warm and wise voice on every page. Pesi Dinnerstein A Cluttered Life: Searching for God, Serenity, and My Missing Keys Having had no experience in writing, but with a burning desire to try to help people reach their goals, I asked Marcia Rosen to help me with the process. Let me tell you, that was the wisest decision I ever made. Marcia has a unique ability to explain the process and help you along. She is upbeat and very knowledgeable in writing and publishing. She will guide you, encourage you and direct your progress. I really could not have done my book without her. Thank you Marcia. Dr. Harris R. Cohen Lessons Learned: How to Negotiate The Life You Want to Live Abbott Press

Author : Kevin Quirk
Publisher : Hillcrest Publishing Group
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2011-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781936780211

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Your Life Is a Book - And It's Time to Write It! by Kevin Quirk Pdf

Do you have a story that you just have to tell? Do you seek to preserve your life history as a gift for loved ones, or to pay tribute to those who have meant the most to you? Do you yearn to write about one major life experience to inspire others? You're not alone. The desire to write our life story is a timeless, universal urge. Somewhere inside us we know that writing a book about our life will touch those we love, while enriching our lives in today's cell phone-laptop lifestyle. Life is a book, and women and men from 19 to 99 are hearing the call to write it. Someone is waiting to hear you tell your life story: who you are, how you've lived, what you've learned. They want to hear all the stories that have shaped your life. Your Life Is a Book - And It's Time to Write It! An A-to-Z Guide to Help Anyone Write Their Life Story will take you on the journey of creating your memoir, autobiography, or life story. It doesn't matter how old or how young you are, or whether you've written a lot, a little, or not at all. Through practical tools, lively writing exercises, engaging questions, and helpful illustrations, you'll receive the guidance and encouragement you need from an expert life-writing teacher. Start writing your life story today! Kevin Quirk, M.A., has been helping ordinary people of all ages and backgrounds write their life stories as ghostwriter, personal historian, and Writing Your Life Story teacher since 1998. A former journalist and founder of Life Is a Book, he is coauthor of Brace for Impact: Miracle on the Hudson Survivors Share Their Stories of Near Death and Hope for New Life.

Author : Rachael Herron
Publisher : HGA Publishing
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2018-02-04
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781940785424

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Fast-Draft Your Memoir by Rachael Herron Pdf

This is your roadmap for completing the memoir you've dreamed about writing. "Rachael Herron resonates with our audience, and not just because she knows her stuff—she does—or because she's hilarious—she is—but because her honesty and earnestness come through in all her messaging." Samantha Sanders, Writer’s Digest Writing memoir is daunting! You’re the expert on your life, naturally, but narrating and organizing your own experiences in the best way can feel impossible. Many writers become frustrated in early drafting stages and quit after a couple of brief attempts. Learn from bestselling memoirist Rachael Herron (who teaches this class at Stanford Continuing Studies) how to fast-draft your memoir while keeping its structure compelling. Learn how to frame your life’s story and give it a natural arc to keep your reader glued to the page. Figure out how to handle those family and friends you’re writing about. Explore what truth means in memoir. Work quickly to quiet the inner critic. Most of all, learn how to get out of your own way to get the words on the page. You can do this! Rachael will show you how. CLICK BUY NOW!

Author : Inc. Peter Pauper Press
Publisher : Peter Pauper Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2016-10-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1441322310

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The Book of Me, 2nd Edition by Inc. Peter Pauper Press Pdf

Preserve your memories of the past, present, and thoughts for the future! This bestselling volume has been revised, updated, and redesigned. Contains hundreds of guided questions organized into sections about your past, present, and future, family history, and inner self. Embrace -- with playfulness and intuitive insight -- your own version of the life you have lived. Contents: Introduction, The Facts of Life, My Life: A Personal History, All in the Family, All About Me, The Inner Me, What Next? Acid-free archival paper preserves your words for decades to come. Smooth opaque pages take pen beautifully. Sturdy hardcover volume. 192 pages. Attractive new design with gold foil accents. Measures 7-1/4 inches wide by 9 inches high.

Author : Patti Miller
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2008-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1741149061

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The Memoir Book by Patti Miller Pdf

A clear, engaging and practical 'how-to' guide to writing a memoir, by Australia's foremost teacher and practitioner of memoir and life writing, Patti Miller.

Author : Ryan G. Van Cleave
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2013-02-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781118414675

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Memoir Writing For Dummies by Ryan G. Van Cleave Pdf

The fast and easy way to write your memoir Memoir writing is a growing phenomenon, and not just by celebrities and politicians. Everyone has a story to tell, and Memoir Writing For Dummies provides hopeful writers with the tools they need to share their life stories with the world and become published authors. With easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions—along with helpful tips and advice on how to get published—Memoir Writing For Dummies shows you how to put pen to paper and hone the craft of writing a truly compelling memoir. You'll get advice on how to explore your memories, map out your story, perfect your plot, setting, character, and dialogue, and so much more. Includes tips on getting over writer's block Guides you through every step of the writing and editing processes Covers the best ways to market a finished memoir Packed with proven tips and writing tricks of the trade, Memoir Writing For Dummies gives you everything you need to ensure your life story is never forgotten.

Author : Regina Brooks,Brenda Lane Richardson
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2012-08-21
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781250015662

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You Should Really Write a Book by Regina Brooks,Brenda Lane Richardson Pdf

Even if you don't happen to be a celebrity, this book will teach you methods for striking publishing gold—conceptualizing, selling, and marketing a memoir—while dealing with the complicated emotions that arise during the creation of your work. If you've ever been told that "You should really write a book" and you've decided to give it a try, this book is for you. It hones in on the three key measures necessary for aspiring authors to conceptualize, sell, and market their memoirs. Written especially for those who don't happen to be celebrities You Should Really Write a Book reveals why and how so many relatively unknown memoirists are making a name for themselves. With references to more than four hundred books and six memoir categories, this is essential reading for anyone wanting to write a commercially viable memoir in today's vastly changing publishing industry. The days are long gone when editors and agents were willing to take on a manuscript simply because it was based on a "good" idea or even because it was well written. With eyes focused on the bottom line, they now look for skilled and creative authors with an established audience, too. Brooks and Richardson use the latest social networking, marketing, and promotional trends and explain how to conceptualize and strategize campaigns that cause buzz, dramatically fueling word-of-mouth and attracting attention in the publishing world and beyond. Full of current examples and in-depth analysis, this guide explains what sells and why, teaches writers to think like publishers, and offers guidance on dealing with complicated emotions—essential tools for maximizing memoir success.

Author : Benjamin Ajak,Benson Deng,Alephonsion Deng,Judy A. Bernstein
Publisher : PublicAffairs
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2015-08-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781610395991

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They Poured Fire on Us From the Sky by Benjamin Ajak,Benson Deng,Alephonsion Deng,Judy A. Bernstein Pdf

A stunning literary survival story of three young Sudanese boys, two brothers and a cousin—hailed by the Los Angeles Times as a “moving, beautifully written account, by turns warm and tender.” Between 1987 and 1989, Alepho, Benjamin, and Benson, like tens of thousands of young boys, took flight from the massacres of Sudan's civil war. They became known as the Lost Boys. With little more than the clothes on their backs, sometimes not even that, they streamed out over Sudan in search of refuge. Their journey led them first to Ethiopia and then, driven back into Sudan, toward Kenya. They walked nearly one thousand miles, sustained only by the sheer will to live. They Poured Fire on Us from the Sky is the three boys' account of that unimaginable journey. With the candor and the purity of their child's-eye-vision, Alephonsian, Benjamin, and Benson recall by turns: how they endured the hunger and strength-sapping illnesses—dysentery, malaria, and yellow fever; how they dodged the life-threatening predators—lions, snakes, crocodiles and soldiers alike—that dogged their footsteps; and how they grappled with a war that threatened continually to overwhelm them. Their story is a lyrical, captivating, timeless portrait of a childhood hurled into wartime and how they had the good fortune and belief in themselves to survive.

Author : Richard Marx
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2021-07-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781982169473

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Stories to Tell by Richard Marx Pdf

*National Bestseller* Legendary musician Richard Marx offers an enlightening, entertaining look at his life and career. Richard Marx is one of the most accomplished singer-songwriters in the history of popular music. His self-titled 1987 album went triple platinum and made him the first male solo artist (and second solo artist overall after Whitney Houston) to have four singles from their debut crack the top three on the Billboard Hot 100. His follow-up, 1989’s Repeat Offender, was an even bigger smash, going quadruple platinum and landing two singles at number one. He has written fourteen number one songs in total, shared a Song of the Year Grammy with Luther Vandross, and collaborated with a variety of artists including NSYNC, Josh Groban, Natalie Cole, and Keith Urban. Lately, he’s also become a Twitter celebrity thanks to his outspokenness on social issues and his ability to out-troll his trolls. In Stories to Tell, Marx uses this same engaging, straight-talking style to look back on his life and career. He writes of how Kenny Rogers changed a single line of a song he’d written for him then asked for a 50% cut—which inspired Marx to write one of his biggest hits. He tells the uncanny story of how he wound up curled up on the couch of Olivia Newton-John, his childhood crush, watching Xanadu. He shares the tribulations of working with the all-female hair metal band Vixen and appearing in their video. Yet amid these entertaining celebrity encounters, Marx offers a more sobering assessment of the music business as he’s experienced it over four decades—the challenges of navigating greedy executives and grueling tour schedules, and the rewards of connecting with thousands of fans at sold-out shows that make all the drama worthwhile. He also provides an illuminating look at his songwriting process and talks honestly about how his personal life has inspired his work, including finding love with wife Daisy Fuentes and the mystery illness that recently struck him—and that doctors haven’t been able to solve. Stories to Tell is a remarkably candid, wildly entertaining memoir about the art and business of music.

Author : Irene Graham
Publisher : Young Writers
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Autobiography
ISBN : 0956181104

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The Memoir Writing Workbook by Irene Graham Pdf

Author : Lindsey Grant
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Authorship
ISBN : 1797208004

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Ready, Set, Memoir! by Lindsey Grant Pdf

Author : Marion Roach Smith
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2011-06-09
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781455501823

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The Memoir Project by Marion Roach Smith Pdf

An extraordinary "practical resource for beginners" looking to write their own memoir—​now new and revised (Kirkus Reviews)! The greatest story you could write is one you've experienced yourself. Knowing where to start is the hardest part, but it just got a little easier with this essential guidebook for anyone wanting to write a memoir. Did you know that the #1 thing that baby boomers want to do in retirement is write a book—about themselves? It's not that every person has lived such a unique or dramatic life, but we inherently understand that writing a memoir—whether it's a book, blog, or just a letter to a child—is the single greatest path to self-examination. Through the use of disarmingly frank, but wildly fun tactics that offer you simple and effective guidelines that work, you can stop treading water in writing exercises or hiding behind writer's block. Previously self-published under the title, Writing What You Know: Raelia, this book has found an enthusiastic audience that now writes with intent.

Author : Jerry Payne
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2020-08-18
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0998617709

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Writing Memoir: The Practical Guide to Writing and Publishing the Story of Your Life by Jerry Payne Pdf

Writing Memoir is a practical guide for taking the particulars of one's life and weaving them into a compelling, page-turning story. The book details narrative arc, theme, character development, description, dialogue, flow, and voice. Also covered: how to construct an effective outline, editing and rewriting, and the ins and outs of publishing.

Author : Julia E. McCoy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2020-01-24
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0578596970

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Woman Rising by Julia E. McCoy Pdf

Three-times author and female business leader Julia McCoy brings multiple genres together in her electrifying, non-fiction true story, guaranteed to have you turning each page.Growing up under a narcissistic cult leader, Woman Rising tells the unbelievable true story of one woman's ability to defy the odds and rise up despite a terrible upbringing, build an business empire, and find her complete life path-through recovery and healing, to personal and professional success as a woman CEO.Woman Rising, A True Story: Cult Survival, Female Leadership, and Entrepreneurial SuccessFollow the author, Julia McCoy, on an incredible journey from birth to present-day at the age of twenty-eight.This narrative true story is told in two parts:Part 1: Life in a CultPart 2: The Making of SuccessIn Part 1, experience the painful, tragic story of Julia's upbringing, and how she was born into the house of a cult leader, who hid the truth of her daily environment completely from the public eye. Feel her passion and energy come alive as she pursues bold, money-making ideas at a young age, eventually building a brand while living in her father's house. read about the night she escaped his house, in 2012 at twenty-one years old.In Part 2, Follow Julia on an unbelievable (true) journey of discovering normal life, finding faith and healing, getting married to the man of her dreams; becoming a parent, 3x author, and the creator of four successful brands. Read about her trials, successes, and the reality as she builds not one, not two, but three successful businesses in the next seven years. Her steps to business success are laid out in every detail, including the significant ups and extreme downs. Use the lessons from part two as your own entrepreneurial manual.Julia's nonfiction story is one you will not forget. Her story marries these categories: female leadership books, entrepreneurial advice, and true stories of survival.