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Writing your story [videorecording (DVD)] / with Joyce Maynard.

by Maynard, Joyce, 1953-

CreativeLive ; [The Teaching Company], 2020.

DVD 808.06692 M471w

Autobiography -- Authorship.

Great courses (DVD). Literature & language. Writing.

Great courses (DVD)

Alternate title:

Great Courses. Writing your story [videorecording (DVD)]

CreativeLive. Writing your story [videorecording (DVD)]

[videorecording (DVD)] /

2 videodiscs (319 min.) : 5.1 Dolby digital sd., col. ; 12 cm.

Program contains twenty-six lectures.

"This DVD set is available exclusively from The Great Courses"--Disc surface.

Closed-captioned.

Disc 1. What happens when we keep secrets? -- Name your obsessions -- Stick to your story -- Identify your journey -- Take your story apart -- The landing place -- The honesty question -- What's the worst that can happen? -- Descriptive versus interpretive language -- Diagramming the sentence -- The importance of economy -- Dialogue and rhythm -- Six common mistakes writers make -- Disc 2. The paragraph -- Building the arc -- The test of a good memoir -- The container -- Two containers from scratch -- Developing your container -- Dissecting a good container essay -- The writing life -- Creating a writing practice -- What gets in your way? -- The not-writing process -- Criticism and rejection -- What happens when we tell our truth?

Lecturer, Joyce Maynard.

From finding the right perspective to crafting exceptional dialogue, discover one acclaimed memoirist's strategies for writing personal stories.

Filmed lectures.

Educational films.

Films for the hearing impaired.

Teaching Company.

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