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A memoir (/ ˈ m ɛ m. w ɑːr /; [1] from French mémoire, from Latin memoria 'memory, remembrance') is any nonfiction narrative writing based on the author's personal memories. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The assertions made in the work are thus understood to be factual.
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft is a memoir by American author Stephen King that describes his experiences as a writer and his advice for aspiring writers. Originally published in 2000 by Charles Scribner's Sons , it was King's first book after he was involved in a car accident a year earlier.
Life writing is an expansive genre that primarily deals with the purposeful recording of personal memories, experiences, opinions, and emotions for different ends. While what actually constitutes life writing has been up for debate throughout history, it has often been defined through the lens of the history of the autobiography genre as well as the concept of the self as it arises in writing.
Enter the six-word memoir. This Hemingway-inspired writing exercise has made the rounds from universities to blogs to creative-writing contests. Find out what makes the perfect mini-memoir, and ...
Forget biographies. Foe power players like Jann Wenner, writing a memoir is the new favorite pastime.
Memoir: a biographical account of a particular event or period in a person's life (rather than their whole life) drawn from personal knowledge or special sources (such as the spouse of the subject). Misery literature; Slave narrative. Contemporary; Neo; Consilia; Cookbook: a kitchen reference containing recipes.
Writing a memoir at my age, I’m straddling a bizarre line — it’s not just a literary memoir, but I’m not fully in the celebrity lane, even though so much of the world in which I grew up ...
[2] Forms within this genre include memoir, diary, travel writing, food writing, literary journalism, chronicle, personal essays, and other hybridized essays, as well as some biography and autobiography. Critic Chris Anderson claims that the genre can be understood best by splitting it into two subcategories—the personal essay and the ...