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What a splendid guide to writing the story of your life! --Colin Dexter
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Writing your life story is one of the greatest gifts you can give your family. In writing it you will find yourself drawing even closer to your children and grandchildren. You will also find it an exciting and fascinating process, one that helps you to make sense of your own life.
Writing your own life story is also a very good way for creative writers to find inspiration and get started in the habit of writing.
This step-by-step guide will steer you through different ways of telling your life story, in ten easy steps:
* HOW TO BEGIN
* USING THE POWER OF MEMORY
* HOW TO START YOUR RESEARCH
* DIFFERENT WAYS OF STRUCTURING YOUR LIFE STORY
* HOWTO MAKE YOUR LIFE STORY STAND OUT WITH PICTURES, COLOURS AND SMELLS, ETC
* HOW TO PROVIDE A CONTEMPORARY FEEL TO YOUR LIFE STORY
* BRINGING THE REST OF THE WORLD INTO YOUR STORY
* HOWTO END YOUR LIFE STORY AND MAKE SURE THAT IT DOESN T HURT ANYONE (INCLUDING YOURSELF)
* HOW TO PRESENT YOUR LIFE STORY AND GET IT PUBLISHED
*STORIES TO INSPIRE YOU
Nowadays, you can publish your life story should you want to do so. For a small amount of money, you can get a few bound copies or you can publish it free on the net. Don t miss this wonderful opportunity to write an heirloom which will last for ever.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I can certainly recommend this book to anyone wishing to write their life story or simply about a specific part of it. The ten step structure is excellent and outlined in such a way that it won't fail to inspire you to get writing. I particularly enjoyed reading the examples from some of the authors 'creative writing' students that are interspersed throughout the book. They add that extra concept that other books, of the same genre, often lack. You will also be surprised at the amount of hints and tips that Sophie King offers, to jog your memory and help you recall specific events in your life. I can only add that this is a must read for all you budding autobiographers.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is a timely book given the increased interest in both family history and creative writing these days. Sophie King's book takes you by the hand and guides you through the steps of writing your life story, with simple sections that even a writing novice can follow with ease. There are some great triggers for remembering events from your life, and various methods for making the process fun and revealing (such as the Desert Island Discs method). The book finishes by looking at whether you want to write your life story for pleasure or profit, and assesses the options for either preference.
A comprehensive and straightforward read that you can dip in and out of.
A comprehensive and straightforward read that you can dip in and out of.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I went to Harrods to look for a special French Bread Flour and an electronic roll-up piano but ended up buying only Sophie King's book `How to Write Your Life Story in Ten Easy Steps' in the Waterstones there! I would normally have gone home and ordered it from Amazon at their reduced price but I found it so intriguing I wanted to read it that day. Her suggestions are sensible and straightforward and I wish I had read something like this before I started writing my memoir - I have only just begun to use some of the approaches she suggests. I didn't find many of her students' examples inspiring but they obviously pleased their families who wanted to hear more. If their intention was to write for their loved ones rather than for commercial publication they clearly achieved their goals. Maybe when I've finally finished my memoir I'll get her book `How to write your first novel' before I start on my masterpiece.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Explore your life and create better fiction
Having found Sophie King's 'How to' book on writing a novel extremly useful, I thought I would try this one to see if I was interested in writing a memoir, and if so, how to go... Read more
Published 9 months ago by Little M
Excellent book
I first borrowed this book from the library and liked it so much that I decided to buy it. It is very well set out, readable with excellent ideas for writing your life story. Read more
Published 14 months ago by patricia
My Life Story took flight!
With the help of Sophie King my life story took flight! She has been invaluable to me and spoke such sense and offered a superb framework to get me started. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Nicola
Choc full of good ideas
Sophie King's manual on how to write your life story provides ten tutorials to help would-be autobiographers get started on their memoirs. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Rae
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