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Writing The Truth: How to Start Writing Your Memoir
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About Writing The Truth: How to Start Writing Your Memoir
Introduction
Jumpstarting Your Memory
Creating a Commonplace Book
Developing Your Voice
Writing With Carnality
Writing With Interiority
Truth of Memory
Final Thoughts
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What You Will Learn?
- “We're all in this together trying to make sense of what it is to be a human being. And it's a hard and kind of beautiful and noble thing for you to try to do.”.
- Join legendary memoirist Mary Karr (The Liar's Club, Cherry) as she describes the processes she relies on to write beautiful, visceral scenes that feel real to the reader, and introduces you to the ways she has prepared to write her upcoming memoir Just You Wait. .
- Through a series of memory-focused writing exercises, Mary guides you through the tangled process of writing memoir and makes it clear, distinct, and actionable. Along the way, she shares her wisdom and perspective on life, writing as a craft and the distinct privilege and pain of being a person..
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- Using clear and actionable instruction paired with practical (and beautiful) examples across generations of memoirists, Mary makes the mystifying and sometimes painful process of writing about yourself feel not only possible, but right within your reach. .