Publisher's Synopsis
Ever since "Angela's Ashes" and "The Liar's Club" writers have been embracing the memoir genre as a way to explore creative non-fiction. North Carolina author Jon Obermeyer describes the memoir as a true "prose poem," one that gives a writer tremendous flexibility in assembly, and a creative springboard for the imagination beyond the limitations of memory. This practical guide contains tips, numerous examples of memoir excellence, writing exercises and a reading list. A memoir is a unique kind of creative non-fiction, with the ability to tell a compelling "true" story from a chronological or thematic point of view, or both. In this pragmatic writing guide, author Jon Obermeyer ("It Happens That Fast: A Santa Barbara Memoir") uses his experience writing a 170-page memoir and three 80-page "mini memoirs" to help beginning authors navigate this exciting genre.
