TY - BOOK AU - Roorbach,Bill AU - Keckler,Kristen TI - Writing life stories: how to make memories into memoirs, ideas into essays, and life into literature SN - 9781582975276 (pbk. : alk. paper) AV - CT25 .R66 2008 U1 - 808/.06692 22 PY - 2008/// CY - Cincinnati, Ohio PB - Writer's Digest Books KW - Autobiography KW - Authorship KW - Report writing N1 - 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 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0812/2008006395.html ER -