In this Book
- Fearless Confessions: A Writer's Guide to Memoir
- Book
- 2009
- Published by: University of Georgia Press
The rise of interest in memoir recognizes the power of the genre to move and affect not just individual readers but society at large. Sue William Silverman covers traditional writing topics such as metaphor, theme, plot, and voice and also includes chapters on trusting memory and cultivating the courage to tell one's truth in the face of forces--from family members to the media--who would prefer that people with inconvenient pasts and views remain silent.
Silverman, an award-winning memoirist, draws upon her own personal and professional experience to provide an essential resource for transforming life into words that matter. Fearless Confessions is an atlas that contains maps to the remarkable places in each person's life that have yet to be explored.
Table of Contents
- Fearless Confessions
- pp. iii-viii
- ONE: The Longest Paragraph
- pp. 1-9
- FOUR: Plotting Your Life
- pp. 35-49
- SEVEN: Writing in Style
- pp. 83-97
- EIGHT: Marketing Your Memoir
- pp. 98-111
- NINE: Confessional and (Finally) Proud of It
- pp. 112-142
- APPENDIX TWO: Three Confessional Essays
- pp. 158-173
- Works Cited
- pp. 231-234
- Biographical Notes
- pp. 235-237