Title: Writing the memoir : from truth to art /
Authors: Barrington, Judith.
Publisher: Eighth Mountain Press,
Year: 1997
Subjects: Autobiography Authorship; Biography as a literary form; Report writing
Abstract: Acclaimed writing teacher Judith Barrington has written a lively, thoughtful, and encouraging book aimed at those aspiring to the highest literary standards, but useful, also, to those who simply want to record stories for family and friends. Here are chapters on getting started, finding form, telling the truth, using fictional techniques, expanding your language skills, developing sensory detail, writing about living people, placing your story in a larger context.
Contents: 1. What Is Memoir? -- 2. Who Cares? and Other Thoughts on Getting Started -- 3. Finding Form -- 4. The Truth: What, Why, and How? -- 5. Scene, Summary, and Musing -- 6. Moving Around in Time -- 7. Using Your Senses -- 8. Naming Names -- 9. Writing about Living People -- 10. Your Memoir and the World -- 11. Watch Out for the Myths -- 12. Getting Feedback on Your Work -- Appendix. Your Memoir and the Law.