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    Writing What You Know: How to Turn Personal Experiences into Publishable Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry
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    Writing What You Know: How to Turn Personal Experiences into Publishable Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry
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    Writing What You Know: How to Turn Personal Experiences into Publishable Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry

    By Meg Files

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    About this ebook

    “Files gives the push needed to enable any writer to take a risk, which, as she says, is the secret to real writing. This is a handbook to good writing.” —Nancy E. Turner, bestselling author of the Sarah Agnes Prine series

    It’s easy for people to write about their feelings in a journal. It’s more difficult, however, to convert personal experiences into stories worthy of publication—fiction, non-fiction, or poetry. Filled with engaging exercises, Writing What You Know guides writers in identifying story-worthy material and transforming their raw material into finished pieces, through conquering fears associated with personal exposure, determining a story’s focus, shaping the material into a cohesive whole, and editing and revising as needed. Writers working in any form will find this book invaluable for supplying them with the inspiration and practical instruction they need to get their experiences and emotions into print. In addition, they will learn to:
    • Tap into difficult, guarded parts of their lives to tell the stories they desire
    • Write emotionally intense material
    • Decide which literary form is right for their stories
    • Create the illusion of real speech with effective dialogue
    • Tell their stories with authority
    • Develop effective beginnings, middles, and ends
    • Share their work with others and deal with reactions courageously


    Files’ friendly, encouraging advice makes it a pleasure for writers to write the stories they are most passionate about. In an age when publishing can mean pushing a button on Facebook, Twitter, or a blog, there is an enduring urge to send stories out into the world. The time to start telling your truth is now—so many aspiring writers have stories worth sharing and begging to be told.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOpen Road Integrated Media
    Release dateApr 19, 2016
    ISBN9781621535171
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