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Nancy Davidoff Kelton

    Writing from Personal Experience
    • Writing from Personal Experience

      How to Turn Your Life into Salable Prose

      • 211 Seiten
      • 8 Lesestunden

      A compassionate, entertaining and instructive guide for "telling your story".More than just a how-to reference, Kelton has weaved an inspiring, engaging read with invaluable instruction on how to turn personal experiences into salable prose. -- nuts-and-bolts instruction -- 39 sections organized into two parts: "Getting It Down" -- writing -- and "Getting It Out" -- submitting manuscripts -- anecdotes from the author's life -- memory- and emotion-prodding exercises -- information on the hows and whys of keeping a journal -- suggestions on networking, humor, rejection, acceptance

      Writing from Personal Experience