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LEADER: 02444cam 2200421Ma 4500
001 ocn156762542
003 OCoLC
005 20180530025650.0
008 061031s2007 xna 000 0 eng
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020 $a9781741149067$q(pbk.)
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035 $a(OCoLC)156762542
037 $b83 Alexander St Crows Nest NSW 2065
050 4 $aPN145.M55 2007
082 04 $a808.06692$222
100 1 $aMiller, Patti,$d1954-
245 14 $aThe memoir book :$ba guide to life writing /$cPatti Miller.
260 $aPymble, N.S.W. :$bHarperCollins Publishers,$c2007.
300 $a1 volume
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 1995-198) and index.
505 0 $aPrologue -- 1. Exploring the territory -- 2. Follow the heat: beginning again -- 3. The importance of Madeleines: remembering -- 4. The storyteller's seat: narating position -- 5. Making tapestry: texture and detail -- 6. Finding form: structural troubleshooting -- 7. The magic spell: narrative -- 8. True confessions: truth-telling -- 9. The big 'I': self indulgence and context -- 10. Wish you were here: travel writing -- 11. Random provocations: the personal essay -- 12. Borderlands: memoir and fiction -- 13. A reiteration.
520 $aDrawing on Patti's extensive teaching and writing experience, and using examples and exercises, The Memoir Book provides invaluable insight on how to find your topic, develop narrative voice, find a balance between factual truth and vivid story-telling, explore creative ways of structuring memories, and helps identify the best form for your writing - whether it be literary memoir, narrative non-fiction, sojourn and travel writing, or even the personal essay."--Back cover.
650 0 $aAutobiography$xAuthorship.
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