Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #209608 in Books
• Published on: 2004-01-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 368 pages

Synopsis
Provides practical coaching on writing long or short autobiographical narratives, including a history of autobiography and examples from such writers as Maya Angelou, Maxine Hong Kingston, and Russell Baker.

Customer Reviews

A great tool for composing your life.
Ms. Rainer provides practical, useful tips and excercises for creating you memoir, whatever your motivation, be it for personal satisfaction, a legacy for your children or for publication.

The author dispells the myth that only the "rich and infamous" can publish autobiographies. She challenges us to find the pieces of our lives which are truly unique and to present them as literature.

In summary, this book is an excellent tool not only for autobiographers but also for aspiring (or accomplished) writers and for those struggling with some aspect of their life.

Get it, work it, and share it!

Highly readable, full of useful tips for memoirists.
Rainer has done it again -- captured the current trend in autobiographical writing and added depth and inspiration. In her former book, The New Diary, she gave tips and examples for journal keepers. Here, she captures the memoir wave and tells how to write your life story with a novelist's grace and style. Guaranteed to give you fresh ideas and motivation to get on with your own reminiscences.

Essential for the memoirist!
The author of The New Diary brings you this compelling new source for those interested in turning their life stories into a literary memoir. Whether you choose to use a "window" of your life as a novel or develop your life story into an exciting adventure, Your Life as Story will give you the practical information to sort out the boring stuff.