How to Write Your Own Life Story: The Classic Guide for the Nonprofessional Writer

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Writing the story of one’s life sounds like a daunting task, but it doesn’t have to be. This warmhearted, encouraging guide helps readers record the events of their lives for family and friends. Excerpts from other writers’ work are included to exemplify and inspire. Provided are tips on intriguing topics to write about, foolproof tricks to jog your memory, ways to capture stories on paper without getting bogged down, ways to gather the facts at a local library or historical society, inspired excerpts from other writers, and published biographies that will delight and motivate.
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0050DRVQS
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Chicago Review Press
Accessibility ‏ : ‎ Learn more
Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 1, 1997
Edition ‏ : ‎ 4th
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 5.4 MB
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Print length ‏ : ‎ 272 pages
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1569764466
Page Flip ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Best Sellers Rank: #295,586 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store) #454 in Author Biographies #517 in Biographies & Memoirs of Authors #552 in Fiction Writing Reference (Books)
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