9781599634197_

Theres more to writing a memoir than just writing your life story.

A memoir isnt one long diary entry. Rather, its a well-crafted story about a crucial, often exceptionally difficult, time in someones life. Writing & Selling Your Memoir talks readers through the process of telling their most personal stories in a compelling, relatable, and readable manner. Unlike other books dedicated to the art and craft of writing memoir, it teaches readers how to approach the genre with love, respect, and know-how without sentimentalizing it.

Drawing on her experience working with New York Times best-selling memoirists, literary agent Paula Balzer carefully explores the genre and provides readers with step-by-step instruction on how to:

Identify strong opening and closing points
Find and develop a strong central hook that readers can relate to
Structure a memoir to maximize readability
Use dialogue and pacing to enhance intimacy
Approach honesty and truthfulness
Build a successful author platform around their memoir
Get an agents attention
Get published

Full of tips, techniques, detailed exercises, and examples from best-selling memoirs as well as sidebars from well-known memoir authors, Writing & Selling Your Memoir teaches you how to approach an often tricky genre and tell your story without sentimentalizing it.

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There's more to writing a memoir than just writing your life story.

A memoir isn't one long diary entry. Rather, it's a well-crafted story about a crucial, often exceptionally difficult, time in someone's life. Writing & Selling Your Memoir talks readers through the process of telling their most personal stories in a compelling, relatable, and readable manner. Unlike other books dedicated to the art and craft of writing memoir, it teaches readers how to approach the genre with love, respect, and know-how without sentimentalizing it.

• Identify strong opening and closing points
n• Find and develop a strong central hook that readers can relate to
n• Structure a memoir to maximize readability
n• Use dialogue and pacing to enhance intimacy
n• Approach honesty and truthfulness
n• Build a successful author platform around their memoir
n• Get an agent's attention
n• Get published

Writing & Selling Your Memoir

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