{"product_id":"life-writing","title":"Life Writing","description":"\u003cp\u003eLife Writing offers the novice writer engaging and creative activities, making use of insightful, relevant readings from well-known authors to illustrate the techniques presented. This volume makes use of new versions of key chapters from the recent Routledge\/Open University textbook, Creative Writing: A Workbook with Readings for writers who are specializing in life writing. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsing their experience and expertise as teachers as well as authors, Derek Neale and Sara Haslam guide aspiring writers through such key writing skills as: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cli\u003ewriting what you know \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003einvestigating biography and autobiography\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eusing prefaces \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003efinding a form \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eusing memory\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003edeveloping characters\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eusing novelistic, poetic and dramatic techniques.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe volume is further updated to include never-before published interviews and conversations with successful life writers such as Jenny Diski, Robert Fraser, Richard Holmes, Michael Holroyd, Jackie Kay, Hanif Kureishi and Blake Morrison. Concise and practical, Life Writing offers an inspirational guide to the methods and techniques of authorship and is a must-read for aspiring writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e Biography \u0026amp; memoir, Education\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 189\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780415461535\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Standard Secondhand — £1.98","offer_id":47911359054001,"sku":"SB-0415461537-C3","price":1.98,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/0415461537.jpg?v=1789689993","url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/products\/life-writing","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}