Writing True Stories: The Complete Guide to Memoir, Creative Non-Fiction, Personal Essay, Diaries, Biography, and Travel [Hardcover]

Part I: Starting out 1. Exploring the territory 2. How to use this book 3. Workshop one: Getting started 4. Workshop two: Memory and other sources 5. Workshop three   Bringing it to life  Detail 6. Workshop four: Bringing it to life  Scenes 7. Workshop five      Finding your voice 8. Workshop six: Structure 9. Workshop seven: Inventing the Story  Narrative 10. Workshop eight: Style matters and editing Part II: Masterclasses 11. Workshop nine: Midway blues  Continuing on 12. Workshop ten: Madeleines and unicorns  Sensory detail 13. Workshop eleven: Research 14. Workshop twelve: The storytellers seat  Narrating position 15. Workshop thirteen: Beauty of form  More structure 16. Workshop fourteen: Magic spells  More narrative 17. Workshop fifteen: Private! Diaries, journals, notebooks, letters, emails 18. Workshop sixteen: Creative nonfiction  Crime, journalism, nature, history, biography  19. Workshop seventeen: Creative nonfiction  The personal essay 20. Workshop eighteen: Creative nonfiction  Travel memoir  21. Workshop nineteen: Creative nonfiction  Borderlands: is it true? 22. Workshop twenty: Difficulties and ethics of truth-telling 23. Workshop twenty-one: Avoiding self-indulgence 24. Where to now? Publishing

Patti Miller's best-selling Writing True Stories is the essential book for anyone who has ever wanted to write a memoir or explore the wider territory of creative nonfiction. It provides practical guidance and inspiration on a vast array of writing topics, including how to access memories, find a narrative voice, build a vivid world on the page, create structure, use research, and face the difficulties of truth-telling.

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