The Autobiographer’s Handbook

The Autobiographer’s Handbook
The 826 Valencia Guide
to Writing Your Memoir

Edited by Jennifer Traig
Introduction by Dave Eggers

(I wrote a tiny little bit about turning blogs into memoirs.)

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“In The Autobiographers Handbook, you’re invited to a roundtable discussion with today’s most successful memoirists. Let Nick Hornby show you how the banal can be brilliant. Elizabeth Gilbert will teach you to turn pain into prose. Want to beat procrastination? Steve Almond has the answer. Learn about memory triggers (Ishmael Beah: music) and warm-up exercises (Jonathan Ames: internet backgammon). These writers may not always agree (on research: Tobias Wolff, yes, Frank McCourt, no) but whether you’re a blossoming writer or a veteran wordsmith, this book will help anyone who has ever dreamed of putting their story on paper, on writing themselves into existence.”