You Can Write a Memoir,9780898799989

You Can Write a Memoir

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ISBN13: 9780898799989
ISBN10: 0898799988
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2001-03-01
Publisher(s): Writers Digest Books
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Summary

Susan Carol Hauser passionately encourages you to reclaim the precious moments of your personal history and transform them into an intimate, compelling narrative. Using inspired samples from her own work, she provides you with tactics to find and convey meaning in both your own life and the lives of those around you.

Author Biography

Susan Carol Hauser is the author of seven nonfiction books and a collection of poetry. Her personal pieces appear regularly on National Public Radio, and she is an assistant professor of English at Bemidji State University, Minnesota

Table of Contents

Writing a Memoir
1(6)
Writing About Childhood, Writing From Mementos
7(15)
Writing About Adolescence and Other Life Changes
22(14)
Writing About Adult Life
36(15)
Interviews and Research
51(13)
Discovering Values in Your Writing
64(13)
Facing the Blank Page
77(10)
Revising Your Manuscript
87(13)
Editing Your Manuscript
100(12)
Helping Others Write Their Stories
112(16)
Publishing Your Memoir
128(16)
Afterword 144(3)
Memoir Reader 147(35)
Index 182

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