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Write Your Life Story, 4th Edition: How to Organise and Record Your Memories for Family and Friends to Enjoy

Write Your Life Story, 4th Edition: How to Organise and Record Your Memories for Family and Friends to Enjoy

          
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Biographies are not just for celebrities. 'Normal' people's lives - your own, in fact - can be much more fascinating and interesting. The aim of this book is to help you celebrate your life - and those who are special to you. Taken a step at a time - maybe just writing a few episodes of your life - you will see that writing your life story is not as daunting as it first appears; indeed it can be great fun. You need have no writing experience at all - writing at its best is simply speaking on paper.

Table of Contents:
Foreword by Neil Patrick; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Why Write Your Life Story?; Knowing why you want to write; Areas of caution; Dealing with modesty; Listening to the experts; Checklist; Assignments; 2. Thinking Things Through; Knowing your audience; Deciding what type of record you want; Who Do You Think You Are?; The scope of this book; Considering external assistance; Selecting your writing style; Choosing a title; Checklist; Assignments; 3. Getting Organised; Choosing your writing medium; Finding your own special place; Getting organised; Setting provisional targets; Checklist; Assignments; 4. Planning the Structure; Defining the parameters of the book; Identifying chapter headings; Brainstorming; Revising the initial book structure; Introducing a time line; Weaving it all together; Taking a break; Checklist; Assignments; Write Your Life Story; 5. Considering Alternative Structures; Thinking laterally; Undertaking a joint project; Writing as a couple; Writing as separate generations; Family histories; Checklist; Assignment; 6. Preparing to Tell Your Story; Feeling comfortable with yourself; Being natural; Being thorough; Ensuring historical consistency; Telling the story; Developing the story; Engaging the reader; Checklist; Assignments; 7. Some Tips and Techniques; Being aware of writing techniques; Adding depth to the story; Knowing how to use conflict; Considering grammar; Checklist; Assignments; 8. Inspirational Extracts; A chip off the old block; A turning point; A parent's dilemma; Being helpful; Not making the best of starts; A child's perspective; Sayings passed into family folklore; Different values; Unexpected news; Love at first sight; Decisive action; 9. Doing Your Research; Mental imaging; Painting character portraits; Recalling routines; Contents; Describing the neighbourhood; Looking round your house; Enlisting the help of others; Carrying out wider research; Incorporating social history; Considering more ideas; Checklist; Assignments; 10. Being Ready to Write; Deciding where to start writing; Reviewing the chapter plan; Immersing yourself in memories; Revising the chapter plan; Sitting down to write; Revising provisional targets; Continuing the process; Dealing with writer's block; Checklist; Assignments; 11. Tackling Difficult Areas; Thinking about yourself; Deciding what to include; Deciding what not to include; Getting the facts right; Ending the book; Checklist; Assignments; 12. Revising the Manuscript; Revising the structure and style; Revising the content; Revising the grammar; Seeking assistance; Making the word processor work for you; Checklist; Assignments; 13. Presentation; Choosing your medium; Conducting some simple research; Preparing the prelims; Considering the prelims at the end of the book; Considering an appendix; Designing the book; Selecting pictures; Reproducing the pictures; Selecting the paper; Reproducing the text; Checklist; Assignments; 14. Production; Producing a single volume; Producing a cover; Producing multiple copies; Celebrating your book; What next?; Checklist; Assignments; 15. Publishing; Understanding mainstream publishing; Warning; Understanding vanity publishing; Considering self-publishing; Checklist; Assignments; 16. Advice from Others Who Have Written; Author's Postscript; Glossary; Useful addresses; Further reading; Index.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781845283995
  • Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
  • Publisher Imprint: How To Books Ltd
  • Depth: 17
  • Height: 245 mm
  • No of Pages: 211
  • Series Title: English
  • Sub Title: How to Organise and Record Your Memories for Family and Friends to Enjoy
  • Width: 174 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1845283996
  • Publisher Date: 25 May 2010
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Edition: 4 REV UPD
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 14 mm
  • Weight: 488 gr


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