E-book Category: For Authors
E-book Title: Sidney Offit's Memoir Writing Secrets
Author: SIDNEY OFFIT
Book Description: My Life Would Make A Great Story... But Where Do I Start? Finally, How to Write Your Memoir - The Secrets Revealed
Dear Writer,
How many times have you said -
"I have a great story to tell, but I don't know where to start."
"I know the story of my life would be a best-seller."
"I wish I could leave my life story for my family to read."
Well, guess what? It is a great time to write your memoir. Just look at the best seller list. Look at the authors appearing at your local bookstore. But actually, it's always a good time. You just have to make the commitment.
But suppose you are ready to make the commitment. Or you may have already begun. So then what? A UNIQUE RESOURCE ONLY AVAILABLE ONLINE
Frankly, the more questions I got about how to write a memoir, the more I became convinced that it was just very difficult to find an all-in-one solution. I couldn't refer anybody to a particular resource. And I couldn't spend all of my time giving out advice on memoir writing.
So I decided to produce a guide. And I thought I had a pretty good idea of what writers need. After all, I... - Have published a half-dozen books and dozens of articles myself
- Directed the graduate writing program at Brown University where I taught English for 17 years
- Started a publishing company that has produced more than 80 titles and pioneered a unique joint venture program
YOUR EXPERT MENTOR: SIDNEY OFFIT But memoir writing isn't my specialty. I still needed an expert. Silly me! I had published an expert already. And he's a good friend. But he's so busy, I couldn't believe that he would agree to help. After all, he's finishing a new memoir as you read this. Plus he teaches writing courses at the New School University in New York City and Marymount Manhattan College...is curator of the George Polk Journalism Awards...presides over the Authors Guild Foundation...and more.
Yet, when I shared my idea with writer Sidney Offit, he was immediately agreeable!
And so we produced this special downloadable Info Pak: Sidney Offit's Memoir Writing Secrets A JAM-PACKED AUDIO INTERVIEW In this jam-packed-with-information interview with me , Sidney Offit gives you all the tips and techniques you need to produce a successful memoir...whether you want to publish it commercially, privately, or as a limited edition. The five chapters give you a one-stop resource, covering these topics and more: - The difference between the autobiography and the memoir
- How to promote dramatic tension
- Three keys for sustaining reader interest
- What personal details to delete
- Why you should avoid the passive voice
- Sure-fire strategies for handling dialogue
- How to distinguish "telling" from "showing"
- The two hottest markets for today's memoir
- New publishing options
By the time you finish listening for the first time, you'll be well-informed and inspired. You'll be itching to begin writing or to finish writing your memoir. ABOUT YOUR TEACHER-SIDNEY OFFIT After all, you'll be led by a man who's been doing it successfully for more than 50 years. Sidney Offit has been a prolific writer, editor, commentator and teacher.
He was senior editor of Intellectual Digest, book editor of Politics Today, and contributing editor of Baseball Magazine.
He's the author of two novels and 10 children's books. Offit has taught at New York University, The New School for Social Research, and Marymount Manhattan College.
I reprinted Offit's Memoir of the Bookie's Son, first published by St. Martin's Press in 1995 as the first in our Beckham Classic Reprint series.
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