TY - BOOK AU - Haslam,Sara AU - Neale,Derek TI - Life writing SN - 9780415461535 (pbk. : alk. paper) AV - PE 1404 H352l 2009 U1 - 808/.042076 PY - 2009/// CY - London, New York PB - Routledge KW - Creative writing (Higher education) KW - Problems, exercises, etc KW - English language KW - Rhetoric KW - Study and teaching KW - Authorship KW - Escritos académicos KW - Redacción de escritos académicos KW - Arte de escribir KW - Inglés KW - Retórica KW - Escritura creativa N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Writing what you know -- Writing what you come to know -- Why write? -- A preface -- Finding a form; writing a narrative -- Life writers in conversation -- Using memory -- Versions of a life -- Life characters N2 - Life Writing offers the novice writer engaging and creative activities, making use of insightful, relevant readings from well-known authors to illustrate the techniques presented. This volume makes use of new versions of key chapters from the recent Routledge/Open University textbook, Creative Writing: A Workbook with Readings for writers who are specializing in life writing. The volume is further updated to include never-before published interviews and conversations with successful life writers such as Jenny Diski, Robert Fraser, Richard Holmes, Michael Holroyd, Jackie Kay, Hanif Kureishi and Blake Morrison. Concise and practical, Life Writing offers an inspirational guide to the methods and techniques of authorship and is a must-read for aspiring writers UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0823/2008028830.html ER -