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In Living to Tell the Tale, McDonnell draws on this impulse, as well as on her own experiences as a writer and teacher of memoir, to give us what should become the definitive book on writing "crisis memoirs" and other kinds of personal narrative. She provides specific techniques and advice to help the writer discover his or her inner voice, recognize-and then silence-the inner censor, begin a narrative, and develop it with such aids as photographs and documents.
Citing many landmark works such as Maxine Hong Kingston's The Woman Warrior and Frank McCourt's Angela's Ashes, as well as unpublished writings, McDonnell shows how writers can recreate past experiences through memories, and imaginatively reshape material into the story that needs to be told. Each chapter concludes with exercises to help the writer grapple with particular problems, such as trying to write about experiences that are only partly recalled.
McDonnell also offers a list of recommended reading.
. Memoirs, such as Mary Karr's The Liars' Club (Penguin) have hit bestseller lists nationwide during the past year, and are of great interest to aspiring writers.
In Living to Tell the Tale, McDonnell draws on this impulse, as well as on her own experiences as a writer and teacher of memoir, to give us what should become the definitive book on writing "crisis memoirs" and other kinds of personal narrative. She provides specific techniques and advice to help the writer discover his or her inner voice, recognize-and then silence-the inner censor, begin a narrative, and develop it with such aids as photographs and documents.
Citing many landmark works such as Maxine Hong Kingston's The Woman Warrior and Frank McCourt's Angela's Ashes, as well as unpublished writings, McDonnell shows how writers can recreate past experiences through memories, and imaginatively reshape material into the story that needs to be told. Each chapter concludes with exercises to help the writer grapple with particular problems, such as trying to write about experiences that are only partly recalled.
McDonnell also offers a list of recommended reading.
. Memoirs, such as Mary Karr's The Liars' Club (Penguin) have hit bestseller lists nationwide during the past year, and are of great interest to aspiring writers.
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
Recommended Reading
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 1998 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Importe |
| Rubrik: | Sprachwissenschaft |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Inhalt: | Einband - flex.(Paperback) |
| ISBN-13: | 9780140265309 |
| ISBN-10: | 0140265309 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | McDonnell, Jane Taylor |
| Hersteller: | Penguin Publishing Group |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
| Maße: | 197 x 129 x 11 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Jane Taylor McDonnell |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 01.03.1998 |
| Gewicht: | 0,216 kg |
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