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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792447203321

Autore

Silverman Sue William

Titolo

Fearless confessions [[electronic resource] ] : a writer's guide to memoir / / Sue William Silverman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Athens, : University of Georgia Press, c2009

ISBN

1-282-55326-7

0-8203-3606-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (254 p.)

Disciplina

808/.06692

Soggetti

Autobiography - Authorship

Authorship

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-234).

Nota di contenuto

The longest paragraph -- Savory words : the first bite of your story -- Writing on key : a few notes about theme -- Plotting your life -- Between innocence and experience : finding your voice(s) -- Mock moons and metaphor : crafting memoir into art -- Writing in style -- Marketing your memoir -- Confessional and (finally) proud of it -- Appendix 1. The meandering river : an overview of the subgenres of creative nonfiction -- Appendix 2. Three confessional essays -- Appendix 3. For your reading pleasure : four full-length essays -- Appendix 4. Reading list of contemporary creative nonfiction.