Writing from Personal Experience : How to Turn Your Life into Salable Prose

, by KELTON NANCY DAVIDOFF

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ISBN: 9781582973395 | 1582973393
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 5/31/2000

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More than just a "how-to" reference, this guide weaves an inspiring, engaging read with invaluable instruction for turning personal experiences into salable prose.

INTRODUCTION

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CHAPTER 1 My Mystery

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CHAPTER 2 Sunday Near The Park With Me

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CHAPTER 3 Every Day Between You and You

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CHAPTER 4 Just Do It Man! Just Do It!

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CHAPTER 5 Writers in Training

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CHAPTER 6 Whole Days Can Be Trouble

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CHAPTER 7 Say No/Say Later

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CHAPTER 8 Writing Is Acting on Paper

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CHAPTER 9 It's Not About the Niña or the Pinta

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CHAPTER 10 Surprise! Surprise!

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CHAPTER 11 The "What to Bring" List

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CHAPTER 12 Word Pictures

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CHAPTER 13 Statements as Leads

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CHAPTER 14 Now What?

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CHAPTER 15 Three Components of a Personal Experience Piece

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CHAPTER 16 How to Put the Components to Work

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CHAPTER 17 Writing About "Nots"

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CHAPTER 18 Everyone Can Hear Music

113

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CHAPTER 19 Being Somewhere Else: Getting Ideas

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CHAPTER 20 One True Thing

122

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CHAPTER 21 Write What You Know

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CHAPTER 22 Keeping a Journal

128

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CHAPTER 23 My Mother and Willy Loman

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CHAPTER 24 George and Abe

135

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CHAPTER 25 If you Ask People How They Are, They Might Tell You

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CHAPTER 26 The Subtext

141

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CHAPTER 27 The Difference Between "Aha" and "Oy Vay"

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CHAPTER 28 Likeable Voices

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CHAPTER 29 Oona the Tune and Onward

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CHAPTER 30 Lousy First Drafts

155

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CHAPTER 31 Night Came: Six Tips for Tightening

158

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CHAPTER 32 Not Enough Cocktail Lounge: Nine More Tips for Revising

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CHAPTER 33 Why You Hit snags and What You Can Do

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CHAPTER 34 Is it Funny?

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CHAPTER 35 Rejections

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CHAPTER 36 Don't Turn Your Friends and Loved Ones Into Critics

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CHAPTER 37 Writing Classes: Me as a Student

185

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CHAPTER 38 Getting the Most From Writing Classes

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CHAPTER 39 Will You Hold for the Editor in Chief?

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EPILOGUE

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APPENDIX

Part One Cover Letter

Part Two "Waiting for Daddy"

Part Three Editor's Analysis

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INDEX

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Writing from Personal Experience : How to Turn Your Life into Salable Prose

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