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Item Details
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WRITING YOUR SELF
TRANSFORMING PERSONAL MATERIAL |
| By: |
Myra Schneider, John Killik |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£24.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1847062520 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781847062529 |
| Publisher: |
BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC |
| Pub. date: |
5 November, 2009 |
| Pages: |
240 |
| Description: |
Suitable for those interested in exploring personal material in their writing, this book examines how a range of successful writers approach personal material and the different modes and techniques they use. It focuses on a range of universal experiences including childhood, identity, adult relationships and loss. |
| Synopsis: |
This title offers a complete resource for life writing - one of the key genres studied within creative writing. "Writing Your Self" is a comprehensive resource for anyone interested in exploring personal material in their writing. It examines how a wide range of successful writers approach personal material and the different modes and techniques they use. The first part of the book focuses on a wide range of universal experiences including childhood, identity, adult relationships and loss as well as more specific issues such as exile and displacement, physical and mental illness and abuse. Throughout the book, a wide range of writers discuss their own experiences and how they have tackled this material in their writing. Part Two offers a series of techniques and a wide range of practical exercises and examples. Part Three discusses the writing process, moving to finished pieces of work in different genres and the question of publication. Bringing together writers with a broad range of valuable experience, this is the definitive resource for exploring life writing and offers an exciting range of possibilities, examples and techniques for approaching personal material. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd. |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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