Writing life stories :
Roorbach, Bill.
Writing life stories : how to make memories into memoirs, ideas into essays, and life into literature / Bill Roorbach with Kristen Keckler. - Fully rev. 2nd ed., [10th anniversary ed.] - Cincinnati, Ohio : Writer's Digest Books, c2008. - 296 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 270-291) and index.
Getting started -- Memory -- Scenemaking -- Big ideas -- Characters and character -- Stage presence -- Finding the facts -- Metaphor and meaning -- Saying it right -- Building a building -- Getting published -- Appendix A : "Into woods" / by Bill Roorbach -- Appendix B : "The olive jar" / by Kristen Keckler -- Appendix C : "On apprenticeship" / by Bill Roorbach -- Appendix D : suggested readings in creative nonfiction.
9781582975276 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1582975272 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2008006395
Autobiography--Authorship.
Report writing.
CT25 / .R66 2008
808/.06692
Writing life stories : how to make memories into memoirs, ideas into essays, and life into literature / Bill Roorbach with Kristen Keckler. - Fully rev. 2nd ed., [10th anniversary ed.] - Cincinnati, Ohio : Writer's Digest Books, c2008. - 296 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 270-291) and index.
Getting started -- Memory -- Scenemaking -- Big ideas -- Characters and character -- Stage presence -- Finding the facts -- Metaphor and meaning -- Saying it right -- Building a building -- Getting published -- Appendix A : "Into woods" / by Bill Roorbach -- Appendix B : "The olive jar" / by Kristen Keckler -- Appendix C : "On apprenticeship" / by Bill Roorbach -- Appendix D : suggested readings in creative nonfiction.
9781582975276 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1582975272 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2008006395
Autobiography--Authorship.
Report writing.
CT25 / .R66 2008
808/.06692