How many times have you said -
“I have a great story to tell, but I don't know where to start.”
“I know the story of my life would be a best-seller.”
“I wish I could leave my life story for my family to read.”
Sidney Offit gives you all the tips and techniques you need to produce a successful memoir…whether you want to publish it commercially, privately, or as a limited edition. The five chapters give you a one-stop resource, covering these topics and more:
• The difference between the autobiography and the memoir
• How to promote dramatic tension
• Three keys for sustaining reader interest
• What personal details to delete
• Why you should avoid the passive voice
• Sure-fire strategies for handling dialogue
• How to distinguish “telling” from “showing”
• The two hottest markets for today's memoir
• New publishing options
By the time you finish listening for the first time, you'll be well-informed and inspired. You'll be itching to begin writing or to finish writing your memoir.
ABOUT THE AUTHORSidney Offit has been a prolific writer, editor, commentator and teacher.
He was senior editor of Intellectual Digest, book editor of Politics Today, and contributing editor of Baseball Magazine. He's the author of two novels and 10 children's books. Offit has taught at New York University, The New School for Social Research, and Marymount Manhattan College.
