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: Is This An Acceptable Way Of Formatting Character Thoughts? Is this an acceptable introductory paragraph to a fictional character's memoir? I'm not sure if the first sentence should be in quotations
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: Is it all right to write a memoir like a novel? I wanted to share my true story as if I were writing a fictional story. For example, the author Terry McMillan's novel called, "Disappearing
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: Should multiple chapters share the same page? Now that my memoir is published, I notice how there are multiple chapters beginning sharing the same page that the previous chapter ended on. I
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: When Truth Meets Fiction Is there such a category in books as a fictional memoir (tales about one's own life with exaggerated elements included for entertainment)?
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: Present tense in personal recounts I'm writing a travel memoir and have come across a dilemma of sorts. Yes, I know that a memoir is usually written in the past tense -- since it happened
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: How should I write an autobiography if some elements are illegal? Lets say that I wanted to write an autobiography but some elements of my life (particularly relevant to certain choice) are
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: Pictures in my book I have recently been diagnosed with ALS. I was keeping a journal on the CaringBridge site, and I got enough feedback about it that I have decided to turn it into a book.
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: Should I call my book a memoir if it also has some autobiographical elements? I asked a similar question on here and am updating a manuscript I initially wrote for a friend six years ago.
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: How do I price the ghostwriting of a memoir? I'm a professional writer, but I've never written a memoir. I've been asked to submit a proposal to ghostwrite a memoir. The person whose memoir
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: Need Android app for my memoir book I've watched about 4 videos on YouTube about top apps to write books, but these videos don't explain anything about memoir-writing. I would like an app
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: Including letters and other documents in a memoir Writing my memoirs. I would like an opinion on how best to include 4 pages of letters/fax/emails. How about a 20-page composition? as addendum/exhibit?
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: My life story is in first person, does it have to have dialogue? I have started a story of my life in the first person. Do I have to have dialogue? Or would it be very boring without
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: How long should a memoir be? I am writing my first memoir about my life as a christian and how affected I was by it as an empath and how I came to desire leaving it. Is there a minimum
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: Do memoirs need to cite sources? memoir writers often recount events or present information (such as statistical data). Does a memoir have to provide proof for the claims and sources for their
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: What Genre Category for a Semi-Fictional Memoir? What genre do these types of Memoirs fall under? "Inspired by true events?" ... Is Semi-Fictional Memoir a "thing"? I definitely don't
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: Memoir on a coveted experience, has no conflict! What should i do? I am writing about my experience at place X-- a place that is coveted by many people, a dream come true of sorts! Problem
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: How do publishers fact-check a memoir about prison? I was holding off on doing this, or possibly never doing it, but now I am thinking of writing a memoir about prison. My question is this:
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: How To Cite a Hyperlink in E-Book I am editing an e-book memoir, and I am wondering how to properly use a hyperlink reference citation. There is only one such reference in the entire manuscript.
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: How much work does a (nonfiction) ghostwriter typically do? I just finished the charming short memoir from actor Cary Elwes, As You Wish, about his experiences while filming The Princess Bride.
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: My autobiography is exciting, but I'm an unknown. Should I make it a novel instead? I've kept diaries all my life and now have over 100...which I've recently started turning into an autobiography
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: How to distinguish two different voices in one book? A relative (who is no longer living) wrote a number of autobiographical pieces which I would like to publish in a book. I would like to
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: Editing a memoir A relative (who is no longer living) wrote a number of autobiographical pieces which I would like to publish in a book. They're very good but they need a fair amount of
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: Where to put a pronunciation key? In a recent answer, "pronunciation key" was mentioned. I would like to provide a pronunciation key in my book. It would be about half a page. Where should
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: Pseudonyms in memoir I'd like to write a memoir about my unique teenage adventures growing up in another country. Since this was ~35 years ago, I don't remember very many names. Is it ok to
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: How do I cover a lengthy time period with only a few interesting details? I'm writing a book about my three weeks of travel in Belize (is that even enough time for a book?), and I'm wondering
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: What are some creative memoir writing styles? I am in the process of writing a memoir covering several years of my life while I was at Google and working on the earliest versions of Chromebook.
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: What's a word for a person who took a very rough story and made it into a book? I have written a book. Well, actually, my mother-in-law told the story of her experiences as a German forced
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: Permission to use emails from famous deceased person I finished a creative non-fiction memoir about my secret life as a miracle worker. I am using three emails to me from a now deceased wildly
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: Synopsis for a memoir: Which tense/perspective to use? The general rule is that a synopsis should be written in present tense, third person, regardless of the tense/perspective of the manuscript.
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: Formula for a memoir If one were to distill memoir writing to a formula, what would the formula be? This question is inspired by the following quote from the article America's Top Parent:
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