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The truth of memoir : how to write about yourself and others with honesty, emotion, and integrity / Kerry Cohen.

by Cohen, Kerry.

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Writer's Digest, [2014]

808.06692 C678t

Autobiography -- Authorship.

9781599637990 (pbk.)

1599637995 (pbk.)

235 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

When you write a memoir or personal essay, you dare to reveal the truths of your experience: about yourself, and about others in your life. How do you expose long-guarded secrets and discuss bad behavior? How do you gracefully portray your family members, friends, spouses, exes, and children without damaging your relationships? How do you balance your respect for others with your desire to tell the truth? Memoirist Kerry Cohen provides insight and guidelines for depicting the characters who appear in your work with honesty and compassion. You'll learn how to choose which details to include and which secrets to tell, how to render the people in your life artfully and fully on the page, and what reactions you can expect from those you include in your work--as well as from readers and the media.

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