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would love to hear the story of life!
posted by
majesticvisions
on March 13, 2008 at 3:53 AM
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Thank you all so much for your comments....much appreciated!!
posted by
_Symphony_
on March 12, 2008 at 1:11 PM
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Hope to hear from you soon!
Since it is well after January 10th...
As far as writing an autobiography, the possibilities are endless: journalistic, thematic (e.g. the Gospels) and anecdotal are just a few. A fine example of the latter is Dylan Thomas' "Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog".
Carl Peter
posted by
cpklapper
on February 26, 2008 at 3:22 PM
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HIYA!!!
Im a Newbe and I would love to know how you make so much money can u help me... Im 19 so the only thing i want t o write is fantasy :):)
Please visit me!!!
posted by
Shanlizer88
on February 8, 2008 at 11:08 PM
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Maybe this will help a little.
Hi Symphony,
I divided mine up into diffeent sections. The Early Years; My Teenage Years; Early Adulthood; College Days; The Georgia Years and Back in Arkansas. I wrote the book by writing essays rather than trying to make it one long thing like a novel. I think it had about 40 some odd stories in it, which made it 73 pages long. I could have made it a lot longer but was afraid I was going to end up with it being way to long, so I ended up not using anywhere near all the stories that I had. Anyway that worked for me. I hope this helps some.
Damon
posted by
Damond
on January 14, 2008 at 11:58 PM
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Symphony...
Hi there! Tips for writing, well, just be yourself and tell your story!
posted by
food4thought
on January 8, 2008 at 11:03 PM
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Hi Symphony
Hope you've enjoyed the kids' holidays, and isn't it nice when they go back :) The only tip I would offer, with regard to getting started, is to write your life story as it comes to you, organised into logical chunks or sections. I find it helps to have some kind of outline before writing, because I can't always discipline myself to work on only one thing at once, and if something else comes to me I have to have a place to store it :)
posted by
mneme
on January 7, 2008 at 1:37 PM
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Welcome back, Lady England! Happy New Year!
posted by
teddypoet_TheGoodByeFade
on December 31, 2007 at 5:18 PM
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Welcome, glad to meet ya!
Have yourself a ball and write, write, write, then read, read, read, then laugh, laugh, laugh!
posted by
b2008
on December 31, 2007 at 5:14 PM
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Symphony Hi...I was just wondering about you :)
Nice to see you.
On the life story, I would get an autobiographical book that has a template that you like and follow that....
posted by
mysteria
on December 29, 2007 at 10:05 AM
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I'm not sure. Start year by year?
posted by
A-and-B
on December 27, 2007 at 7:19 PM
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Happy New Year to you!
Hope to see lots more of you!
Two roses
From me and
two more from Bo ^..^ the wonder dog!
posted by
Whacky
on December 27, 2007 at 7:02 PM
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Symphony
Your journey is certainly one worth sharing with others. As someone already said, just start writing... you can sort it out, re-shape it, add to it, or delete things later. Just let it spill onto the page initially. That's what I've been taught anyway.... Looking forward to having you back.
posted by
Troosha
on December 27, 2007 at 2:55 PM
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Know your subject! Bloggers are busy people!!!
posted by
Soul_Builder101
on December 27, 2007 at 2:45 PM
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Symphony - advice - he he
Get it all down in a first draft, let it all pour out. Then step back, and then be prepared to
work through it, redraft and sort it all out. You already have one major advantage. Your big
heart. Happy to comment at any time.
posted by
Azur
on December 27, 2007 at 2:32 PM
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The best book I have found is 'How to Tell a Story' by Peter Rubie and Gary Provost. A second consideration would e 'Edit Yourself" by Bruce Ross-Larson. Another consideration is any critique of Toni Morrison's novels. She is a master storyteller. Her work is on a level of its own. Good luck. sam
posted by
sam444
on December 27, 2007 at 6:46 AM
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I'm glad you had such a lovely Christmas. As for your book, I'd suggest writing about whatever you feel is most important to you...You have a lot to share that could very well help others who've been in the same or at least similar situations to your own.
Other than that, I can't really offer much advice, I'm afraid.
Love to you and the children.
posted by
lovelyladymonk
on December 27, 2007 at 5:12 AM
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Hi, Symphony.............
As always, I look forward to having you back. Best wishes, sweetie.
posted by
MaggieMae
on December 27, 2007 at 4:56 AM
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