Language Arts & Disciplines Nonfiction (incl. Memoirs)
True to Life
Fifty Steps to Help You Write Your Story
- Publisher
- Iguana Books
- Initial publish date
- Nov 2022
- Category
- Nonfiction (incl. Memoirs), Authorship, Personal Memoirs
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781771806015
- Publish Date
- Nov 2022
- List Price
- $9.99
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Description
In fifty informative and inspiring steps, Beth Kaplan shows you how to write your story in essay or book form by putting on your writer's hat, then your editor's hat, then digging down to bring out the passionate details of the story, and finally living the writing life. Steps include: - Read Like a Writer - Unleash the "I" Word - Claim Your Truth - Write from Scars, Not Wounds - Enter the Marketplace
About the author
Beth Kaplan's book about her great-grandfather, "Finding the Jewish Shakespeare: The Life and Legacy of Jacob Gordin," was hailed as "witty, shrewd and elegant" by famed playwright Tony Kushner. For years a professional actress, Beth Kaplan now teaches memoir and personal essay writing at the University of Toronto and Ryerson University; in 2012 she was given U of T's Excellence in Teaching award. Early readers of "All My Loving" expressed great interest in her fascinating family, which is the story she is writing next. Follow Beth's blog on her website www.bethkaplan.ca.