Includes bibliographical references (p. 1995-198) and index.
Prologue -- 1. Exploring the territory -- 2. Follow the heat: beginning again -- 3. The importance of Madeleines: remembering -- 4. The storyteller's seat: narating position -- 5. Making tapestry: texture and detail -- 6. Finding form: structural troubleshooting -- 7. The magic spell: narrative -- 8. True confessions: truth-telling -- 9. The big 'I': self indulgence and context -- 10. Wish you were here: travel writing -- 11. Random provocations: the personal essay -- 12. Borderlands: memoir and fiction -- 13. A reiteration.
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Drawing on Patti's extensive teaching and writing experience, and using examples and exercises, The Memoir Book provides invaluable insight on how to find your topic, develop narrative voice, find a balance between factual truth and vivid story-telling, explore creative ways of structuring memories, and helps identify the best form for your writing - whether it be literary memoir, narrative non-fiction, sojourn and travel writing, or even the personal essay."--Back cover.