Writing True Stories

<p>Patti Miller's best-selling<em> Writing True Stories </em>is <i>the</i> essential book for anyone who has ever wanted to write a memoir or explore the wider territory of creative nonfiction. It provides practical guidance and inspiration on a vast array of writing topics including how to access memories find a narrative voice build a vivid world on the page create structure use research and face the difficulties of truth-telling.</p><p>It first develops a wide range of writing skills for beginners and then challenges more experienced writers to extend their knowledge and practice of the genre into literary nonfiction true crime biography the personal essay the diary and travel writing. It offers inspiration from other nonfiction writers such as Joan Didion Helen Garner Robert Dessaix and Zadie Smith. Whether you want to write your own memoir investigate a wide-ranging political issue explore an idea or bring to life an intriguing history this book will be your guide.</p><p><i>Writing True Stories </i>is practical and easy to use as well as an encouraging and insightful companion on the writing journey. Written in a warm clear and engaging style it will get you started on the story you want to write – and keep you going until you get there.</p>