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Fast-draft your memoir write your life story in 45 hours / by Herron, Rachael,author.(CARDINAL)498645; Herron, Rachael,author.(CARDINAL)498645;
Includes footnotes(pages 189-191)Chapter 1, Introduction -- Chapter 2, What Is Memoir, Anyway? -- Chapter 3, Reasons Not To Write Memoir -- Chapter 4, Family: Can't Live With 'Em, Can't Write About 'Em -- Chapter 5, Truth And Memory -- Chapter 6, Why You Should Write Quickly -- Chapter 7, Types of Memoir-- Chapter 8, Planning:Part One-- Chapter 9, Planning:Part Two-- Chapter 10, Outline:The Most Important Part Of Your Plan -- Chapter 11, Story Structure And Character Arc -- Chapter 12, Do I Really Have To? -- Chapter 13, Writing The Damn Book -- Chapter 14, How To Get Out Of Your Own Way And Write -- Chapter 15, Self-Care -- Chapter 16, Writing Meditation -- Chapter 17, Preserve Memory Moving Forward -- Chapter 18, Pro Tips -- Chapter 19, Worry Busting -- Chapter 20, Revision -- Chapter 21, How To Publish -- Chapter 22, The Last Word -- About Rachael -- FootnotesThis is your roadmap for completing the memoir you've dreamed about writing. "Rachael Herron resonates with our audience, and not just because she knows her stuff-she does-or because she's hilarious-she is-but because her honesty and earnestness come through in all her messaging." Samantha Sanders, Writer's Digest Writing memoir is daunting! You're the expert on your life, naturally, but narrating and organizing your own experiences in the best way can feel impossible. Many writers become frustrated in early drafting stages and quit after a couple of brief attempts. Learn from bestselling memoirist Rachael Herron (who teaches this class at Stanford Continuing Studies) how to fast-draft your memoir while keeping its structure compelling. Learn how to frame your life's story and give it a natural arc to keep your reader glued to the page. Figure out how to handle those family and friends you're writing about. Explore what truth means in memoir. Work quickly to quiet the inner critic. Most of all, learn how to get out of your own way to get the words on the page. You can do this! Rachael will show you how.
Subjects: Authorship; Writing in literature;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Alphabetical : how every letter tells a story / by Rosen, Michael,1946-author.(CARDINAL)318218;
Includes bibliographical references and index.The story of A: A is for alphabet -- The story of B: B is for battledore -- The story of C: C is for ciphers -- The story of D: D is for disappeared letters -- The story of E: E is for e. e. cummings -- The story of F: F is for fonts -- The story of G: G is for Greek -- The story of H: H is for h-aspiration -- The story of I: I is for improvisation -- The story of J: J is for jokes -- The story of K: K is for Korean -- The story of L: L is for LSD -- The story of M: M is for music and memory -- The story of N: N is for nonsense -- The (true) story of O: O is for OK -- The story of P: P is for Pitman -- The story of Q: Q is for qwerty -- The story of R: R is for rhyme -- The story of S: S is for signs and sign systems -- The story of T: T is for txtspk -- The story of U: U is for umlauts -- The story of V: V is for Vikings -- The story of W: W is for Webster -- The story of X: X marks the spot -- The story of Y: Y is for yellow -- The story of Z: Z is for zipcodes -- The Oulipo olympics."How on Earth did we fix upon our twenty-six letters, what do they really mean, and how did we come to write them down in the first place? Michael Rosen takes you on an unforgettable adventure through the history of the alphabet in twenty-six vivid chapters, fizzing with personal anecdotes and fascinating facts. Starting with the mysterious Phoenicians and how sounds first came to be written down, he races on to show how nonsense poems work, pins down the strange story of OK, traces our five lost letters and tackles the tyranny of spelling, among many many other things. His heroes of the alphabet range from Edward Lear to Phyllis Pearsall (the inventor of the A-Z), and from the two scribes of Beowulf to rappers. Each chapter takes on a different subject - whether it's codes, umlauts or the writing of dictionaries. Rosen's enthusiasm for letters positively leaps off the page, whether it's the story of his life told through the typewriters he's owned or a chapter on jokes written in a string of gags and word games. This is the book for anyone who's ever wondered why Hawaiian only has a thirteen-letter alphabet or how exactly to write down the sound of a wild raspberry"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Alphabet in literature.; Alphabet; Writing.;
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Adventures in American literature : curriculum and writing / by Hodgins, Francis.(CARDINAL)745327; Silverman, Kenneth.(CARDINAL)128084;
A high school textbook of the literature produced in the United States since colonial times, with some American Indian offerings and with study and discussion material.
Subjects: American literature.; American literature;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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A crow doesn't need a shadow : a guide to writing poetry from nature / by Ferra, Lorraine.(CARDINAL)379606; Boardman, Diane,illustrator.(CARDINAL)373135;
Subjects: Poetry.; Creative writing; Nature in literature; Nature; Poetry;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Travel / by Freeman, John,1974-editor.(CARDINAL)355815; Abad Faciolince, Héctor Joaquín.Rationalist in the jungle.; Boast, Rachael,1975-Poem.; Cole, Teju.Water has no enemy.; Eggers, Dave.Man at the river.; Faleiro, Sonia.Best hotel.; Klenz, Steffi,1979-Seestück.; Lapcharoensap, Rattawut.Captain.; Macfarlane, Robert,1976-Underland.; Mukherjee, Siddhartha.Perfect last day of Mr. Sengupta.; Murakami, Haruki,1949-Walk to Kobe.; Penkov, Miroslav.Blood money.; Rhydderch, S. W.(Samantha Wynne).Poem.; Searcy, David,1946-Hudson River School.; Simic, Charles,1938-2023.Poem.; Voigt, Ellen Bryant,1943-Poem.; Wolff, Lina,1973-Nuestra Señora de la Asunción.; Yi, A.Barrenland.; Archive of Modern Conflict (London, England).Tour guide.;
The captain / Rattawut Lapcharoensap -- The perfect last day of Mr. Sengupta / Siddhartha Mukherjee -- Underland / Robert Macfarlane -- Poem / Charles Simic -- Nuestra Señora de la Asunción / Lina Wolff -- The man at the river / Dave Eggers -- Poem / Samantha Wynne-Rhydderch -- The Hudson River School / David Searcy -- A rationalist in the jungle / Héctor Abad -- Tour guide / Archive of Modern Conflict, with an introduction by Phil Klay -- Barrenland / A Yi -- A walk to Kobe / Haruki Murakami -- Poem / Rachael Boast -- Seestück / Steffi Klenz -- The best hotel / Sonia Faleiro -- Poem / Ellen Bryant Voigt -- Blood money / Miroslav Penkov -- Water has no enemy / Teju Cole.Hari Kunzru travels to Chernobyl, Detroit, and Japan to investigate the phenomenon of disaster tourism. Policeman-turned-detective-turned-writer A Yi describes life as a provincial gumshoe in China. Physician Siddhartha Mukherjee visits a government hospital in New Delhi, where he meets Madha Sengupta, at the end of his life and on the frontiers of medicine. Robert Macfarlane explores the limestone world beneath the Peak District. And Haruki Murakami revisits his walk to Kobe in the aftermath of the 1995 earthquake. In this issue--which includes poems by Charles Simic and Ellen Bryant Voigt, a story by Miroslav Penkov, and non-fiction by David Searcy, Teju Cole, and Hector Abad--GRANTA presents a panoramic view of our shared landscape and investigates our motivations for exploring it. "One's destination is never a place," Henry Miller wrote, "but a new way of seeing things."
Subjects: Literature.; Literature; Travel in literature.; Travel; Travelers' writings.;
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Developing characters / by Weinman, Irving,1937-author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 178-180) and index.'Developing Characters' is an ideal course for when you don't have the time or money to attend an advanced fiction writing workshop. It uses a unique interactive Workshop method to engage you with your material, editing and redrafting characters and their contexts to take your work to the next level. With support, advice, and inspiration from a leading and respected creative writing tutor, this is an essential book to polish and hone your manuscript prior to attempting publication.
Subjects: Fiction; Characters and characteristics in literature.; Creative writing.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Great books written in prison : essays on classic works from Plato to Martin Luther King, Jr. / by Regan, J. Ward,1967-editor.(CARDINAL)409963;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Many of the world's most important historical figures were imprisoned for holding unpopular or heretical beliefs. Some used their time behind bars to write books that shaped the course of history. This collection of new essays offers a wide-ranging examination of influential works written--in whole or in part--while their authors were in prison or exile"--
Subjects: Prisoners' writings; Prisoners in literature.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The Gay and lesbian literary heritage : a reader's companion to the writers and their works, from antiquity to the present / by Summers, Claude J.(CARDINAL)724502;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Gay peoples' writings; Homosexuality and literature.; Homosexuality in literature.; Literature;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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How to write realistic fiction / by Flatt, Lizann,author.(CARDINAL)386552;
600LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Fiction; Creative writing; Reality in literature;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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All about asthma / by Ostrow, William.(CARDINAL)772849; Ostrow, Vivian.(CARDINAL)772848; Sims, Blanche,illustrator.(CARDINAL)507188; Sims, Blanche.(CARDINAL)507188;
The young narrator describes life as an asthmatic, explaining causes and symptoms of asthma, and discussing ways to control the disorder to lead a normal life.
Subjects: Asthma in children; Asthma; Children's writings;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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