Writing & Selling Your Memoir

<div><p><b>There's more to writing a memoir than just writing your life story.</b></p><p>A memoir isn't one long diary entry. Rather it's a well-crafted story about a crucial often exceptionally difficult time in someone's life. <i>Writing & Selling Your Memoir</i> talks readers through the process of telling their most personal stories in a compelling relatable and readable manner. Unlike other books dedicated to the art and craft of writing memoir it teaches readers how to approach the genre with love respect and know-how without sentimentalizing it.</p><p>Drawing on her experience working with New York Times best-selling memoirists literary agent <b>Paula Balzer</b> carefully explores the genre and provides readers with step-by-step instruction on how to:</p><ul><li>Identify strong opening and closing points</li><li>Find and develop a strong central hook that readers can relate to</li><li>Structure a memoir to maximize readability</li><li>Use dialogue and pacing to enhance intimacy</li><li>Approach honesty and truthfulness</li><li>Build a successful author platform around their memoir </li><li>Get an agent's attention</li><li>Get published</li></ul><p>Full of tips techniques detailed exercises and examples from best-selling memoirs as well as sidebars from well-known memoir authors <i>Writing & Selling Your Memoir</i> teaches you how to approach an often tricky genre and tell your story without sentimentalizing it.</p></div>