Living to tell the tale : a guide to writing memoir /
Jane Taylor McDonnell ; foreword by Vivian Gornick.
- New York : Penguin Books, 1998.
- xiv, 161 p. ; 20 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-161).
Foreword / Vivian Gornick -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction : necessary fictions of the self -- 1. Back talk : Getting started by talking back to your inner censors -- 2. "Spots of time" : learning to remember -- 3. "Just make it up, then see if it is true" : imagination coming to the aid of memory -- 4. Using photographs and other documentary evidence -- 5. A story in search of its subject : how to find your plot -- 6. The self in the story : finding your voice -- 7. To tell or not to tell : ethical considerations in writing a memoir.
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Autobiography--Authorship. Biography as a literary form. Report writing. Arte de escribir. Redacción de informes. Redacción--Técnicas.