How to Write a Memoir

About this book

Memoir is the hottest literary form in America today, and William Zinsser guides you with his trademark warmth and helpfulness through the problems that confront anyone trying to any kind of personal or family reminiscence: matters of selection, compression, Focus, organization, voice, tone, attitude, and values. Throughout, he demonstrates his points with examples of various well-known authors have solved the same problems in their own memoirs. Specially created for audio, this is a perfect for writers -- a personal seminar with a master teacher.