Brought Into Light: The Making of Memoir: A Penultimate Writing Guide

By Jon Obermeyer

Ever since "Angela's Ashes" and "The Liar's Club" writers have been embracing the memoir genre as a way to explore creative non-fiction. North Carolina author Jon Obermeyer describes the memoir as a true "prose poem," one that gives a writer tremendous flexibility in assembly, and a creative springboard for the imagination beyond the limitations of memory. This practical guide contains tips, numerous examples of memoir excellence, writing exercises and a reading list. A memoir is a unique kind of creative non-fiction, with the ability to tell a compelling "true" story from a chronological or thematic point of view, or both. In this pragmatic writing guide, author Jon Obermeyer ("It Happens That Fast: A Santa Barbara Memoir") uses his experience writing a 170-page memoir and three 80-page "mini memoirs" to help beginning authors navigate this exciting genre.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1729841171
• ISBN13: 9781729841174
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 70 Pages
• Weight: 0.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"