Writing Memoir: The Practical Guide to Writing and Publishing the Story of Your Life
ALL NEW SECOND EDITION. UPDATED AND REVISED. Done properly, memoir is more than just a recitation of facts about a person’s life. It’s a journey, connecting writer and reader in that shared space where we all experience what it means to be human. In Writing Memoir: The Practical Guide to Writing and Publishing the Story of Your Life, Jerry Payne details, in an easy-to-follow way, how to take the particulars of one’s life and weave them into a moving, compelling, page-turning story. Using examples from his own works as well as other works from the masters of the genre, Payne discusses narrative arc, theme, character development, description, dialogue, flow, and voice.
Concise, yet comprehensive, Writing Memoir also covers essential concerns like how to construct an effective outline, how to avoid common errors of grammar and punctuation, how to go about editing and rewriting, how to view one’s book critically and objectively, and the ins and outs of both traditional publishing and self-publishing.
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365 Quotes on Writing That Will Make You a Better Writer
Jerry Payne, a seasoned ghostwriter of over 50 books and the award-winning author of Writing Memoir: The Practical Guide to Writing and Publishing the Story of Your Life, has curated a collection of the 365 best quotes ever about the craft of writing-one for each day of the year!
Featuring timeless wisdom from writers like Dickens, Angelou, Stein, King, Emerson, Sontag, Faulkner, Plath, Didion, Fitzgerald, Eliot, Bradbury, Steinbeck, Hemingway, and more, these quotes explore the craft and business of writing, the beauty of the written word, the writing process, the traits of successful writers, reasons to write (and not to write), the importance of persistence, and countless other invaluable lessons-each a gem in its own right.
Each quote is accompanied by a brief commentary from Payne and space for you to reflect on the quotation’s meaning: What does it mean to you? How can it help you become a better writer?
Learn from the masters. One day at a time!
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