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BREATHE LIFE INTO YOUR LIFE STORY:
How to Write a Story
People Will Want to Read
Authors:
Dawn and Morris Thurston
Illustrations: Amy Reeder Hadley
Publisher: Signature Books
Paperback.
224 Pages. / 1-56085-094-9 / $22.95
Book Synopsis
Breathe Life into Your Life
Story is an
essential read for anyone who aspires to write a life story—but not just any story, one your family and others
will actually WANT to read.
Written
for both novices and experienced writers, this book presents
techniques used by novelists to immerse readers in their
fictional world—techniques like “showing” rather than just
"telling”; creating interesting, believable characters and
settings; writing at the gut level; alternating scene and
narrative; beginning with a bang; generating tension, and
more.
Excerpts from memoirs
written by such pros as Maya Angelou, Frank McCourt, Russell
Baker, and many others illustrate how best-selling authors
have used these methods to hook their readers. Dozens of
“Learn by Doing” exercises help readers practice and acquire
the skills necessary to breathe life into their own stories.
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