Your Life is a Book: How to Craft & Publish Your Memoir (How to Write a Book [Paperback]

Everyone has a story to tell. Learn how to write your memoir and get published with the help of two well-known publishing professionals.Your Life is a Bookguides budding writers though the transformative process of memoir writing to publication. In addition to exploring the unique elements of crafting a memoir—story arc, point of view, dialogue, where to start (not the beginning!)–Your Life is a Bookalso focuses on the self-exploration, awareness, and understanding that this emotional literary project triggers. With proven writing exercises and prompts, this book is a practical and enlightening guide to perfecting the art of memoir writing.If I were going to write the story of my life, this is the book I'd look to first and last for encouragement, inspiration, and practical advice.
—Nancy Pearl, author of Book Lust

In this perceptive, practical, sometimes spiritual guide, the discouraging mysteries of writing are clarified—both business-wise and art-wise. It's the book beginning writers wish for, and one veteran writers will be glad to return to, finding new insights in every rereading.  
—Nicole Hardy, author ofConfessions of a Latter-Day Virgin

Your Life is a Book is terrific—a triumph of lucidity. It's the book I wish I'd had on hand when I was writing a memoir, and it's the book I'll definitely recommend to anyone planning to write one. Peterson and Freymann thought of everything, and demystified the difficult process of memoir-writing and soul-searching in the most positive way. Bravo!
—Diane Johnson, author of Le Divorce and Flyover Lives

This book gives you the firm, astute guidance of professionals, mixed with the humor, encouragement, and advice of a good friend—the perfect guide through the often difficult, delicate, and ultimately rewarding journey to compllc