{"product_id":"life-writing-paperback-1","title":"Life Writing - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSara Haslam\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDerek Neale\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLife Writing\u003c\/em\u003e 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, \u003cem\u003eCreative Writing: A Workbook with Readings\u003c\/em\u003e 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, \u003cem\u003eLife Writing\u003c\/em\u003e offers an inspirational guide to the methods and techniques of authorship and is a must-read for aspiring writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSara Haslam\u003c\/strong\u003e is Lecturer in Literature at the Open University. She is the author of Fragmenting Modernism: Ford Madox Ford, the Novel and the Great War (2002), and editor of Ford's England and the English (2003) as well as Ford Madox Ford and the City (2005). She is working on a study of Ford's biography.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDerek Neale\u003c\/strong\u003e is Lecturer in Creative Writing at the Open University. He is an award winning fiction writer and much of his PhD research focused on the link between writing and memory. He is editor and co-author of A Creative Writing Handbook (2009, A\u0026amp;C Black) and co-author of Writing Fiction (2008, Routledge).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 7.7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 01, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42736869834815,"sku":"9780415461535","price":112.73,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/a41522ed70c732fae5c31eea0dec565e.webp?v=1765148129","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/life-writing-paperback-1","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}