New and Experimental Approaches to Writing Lives

<p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>With recent advances in digital technology a number of exciting and innovative approaches to writing lives have emerged from graphic memoirs to blogs and other visual-verbal-virtual texts. This edited collection is a timely study of new approaches to writing lives including literary docu-memoir autobiographical cartography social media life writing and autobiographical writing for children. Combining literary theory with insightful critical approaches each essay offers a serious study of innovative forms of life writing with a view to reflecting on best practice and offering the reader practical guidance on methods and techniques.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Offering a range of practical exercises and an insight into cutting-edge literary methodologies this is an inspiring and thought-provoking companion for students of literature and creative writing studying courses on life writing memoir or creative non-fiction.</span></p>