Patti Miller

Writing True Stories (eBook, PDF)

The Complete Guide to Memoir, Creative Non-Fiction, Personal Essay, Diaries, Biography, and Travel

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Writing True Stories is an essential book for anyone who has ever wanted to write a memoir or explore the wider territory of creative non-fiction.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 388
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Juni 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040029879
• Artikelnr.: 70177769

Autorenporträt

Patti Miller is the author of ten books, including the award-winning The Mind of a Thief and critically acclaimed Ransacking Paris, The Joy of High Places, and True Friends. She is published in numerous literary magazines and national newspapers. She is a leading Australian writer and teacher of memoir and nonfiction and has offered workshops for over 30 years in Australia, Paris, Bali, Fiji, and London. She currently teaches at the Faber Academy, Sydney and London.

Inhaltsangabe

Prologue
Part One: 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 Two: Masterclasses
11. Workshop Nine: Midway blues - Continuing on
12. Workshop Ten: Madeleines and unicorns - Sensory detail
13. Workshop Eleven: Research
14. Workshop Twelve: The storyteller's seat - Narrating position
15. Workshop Thirteen: Beauty of form - More structure
16. Workshop Fourteen: The magic spell - More narrative
17. Workshop Fifteen: Difficulties of truth-telling
18. Workshop Sixteen: Avoiding self-indulgence
19. Workshop Seventeen: Borderlands - Memoir and fiction
20. Workshop Eighteen: Creative nonfiction
21. Workshop Nineteen: Wish you were here-Travel memoir
22. Workshop Twenty: Random provocations-The personal essay
23. Where to now?-Publishing
Reading list
Useful contacts
Acknowledgements
Index