Description

If you are writing a memoir or are thinking of writing your personal story, buy a copy of Turning Memories Into Memoirs / A Handbook for Writing Lifestories. It’s the best memoir writing book available anywhere at any price.
Turning Memories Into Memoirs contains countless helpful suggestions for writing better memoir:

• • remembering more details than you now think possible.

• • collecting and researching family or personal stories.

• • pacing and arching your story for maximum effect.

• • telling the truth and dealing with painful memories.

Turning Memories Into Memoirs includes:

• • how-to writing exercises,

• • clear explanation of literary terms and techniques,

• • proven motivational supports and examples from actual workshop writers.

[Turning Memories Into Memoirs contains] “step-by-step instruction, lots of examples, a fine appendix and a detailed index, making it a useful reference over time. Cincinnati Post

Since 1988, Denis Ledoux has helped thousands of people get started on their memoirs. Time Magazine

This is a valuable guide for both beginners and experienced writers who want to produce personal and family stories

Turning Memories Into Memoirs is based on the Turning Memories® workshops in which thousands have learned to write autobiography and biography—personal and family stories. This has contributed to making this the best memoir writing book you will find.

Additional benefits:

• • advice on how to establish and maintain a writing life.

• • info about how to craft a unified collection from individual stories.

• • insider tips about self-publishing options.

• • guidance to explore archetypes to inform your characterization.

• • advice on how to use the Internet to build a wider historical context for your memoirs.