02066cam a2200301 i 450000100070000000500170000700800410002402000180006504100080008305000230009108200150011410000230012924500440015225000110019626000490020730000190025650000200027550503840029552008390067965000310151865000340154965000200158365000380160365000320164165000330167365000220170665000360172812698420230410130528.0170918s2002    nyu           000 0 eng d  a9780933377509  aeng14aPN 145bB276w 200200a808/.066921 aBarrington, Judith10aWriting the memoir /cJudith Barrington  a2a ed.  aPortland, Or.:bEighth Mountain Press,c2002  a187 p.:c22 cm  aIncludes index.0 aWhat is memoir? --  Who cares? and other thoughts on getting started --  Finding form --  The truth: what, why, and how? --  Scene, summary, and musing --  Moving around in time --  Using your senses --  Naming names --  Writing about living people --  Your memoir and the world --  Watch out for the myths --  Getting feedback on your work --  Appendix: Your memoir and the law.  aSince the first edition came out in 1997, this book has been praised as "the best book on memoir out there." It is thought-provoking, explanatory, and practical: each chapter ends with writing exercises. It covers everything from questions of truth and ethics to questions of craft and the crucial retrospective voice. An appendix provides information on legal issues. Judith Barrington, an award-winning memoir writer and acclaimed writing teacher, is attuned to the forces, both external and internal, that work to stop a writer; her tone is respectful of the difficulties and encouraging of taking risks. Her nimble prose, her deep belief in the importance of this genre, and her delight in the rich array of memoirists writing today make this book more than the typical "how-to" creative writing book.--From publisher description. 0aAutobiographyxAuthorship. 0aBiography as a literary form. 0aReport writing. 4aBiografía como forma literaria. 4aAutobiografíaxAutoría. 4aAutobiografíaxTécnicas. 4aArte de escribir. 4aAutobiografíaxMetodología.