This highly original book by William Zinsser, author of the classic guide On Writing Well, tells you how to write about the people and places and events in your life that have been important to you—whether you
Module task: Writing a questionnaire about experiences1. Write a question about life experiences for each of the topics. Use Have you ever… ?Transport: Have you ever traveled by plane?Food:Book:Sport:Country:Film:2. Work in groups. Choose the best question for each topic in Activity 9 and...
a lot about life and death,love and responsibility,friendship and loneliness.One of the most memorable characters in the book is a rose,which the little prince fell in love with.I was really touched by the line —“It's the time you spent on your rose that makes your rose so important...
This is why I recommend that you not create your autobiography by speaking into a tape recorder. Writing down on paper what you have thought, felt, and experienced makes those thoughts, feelings, and experiences more real. Then you can examine your reactions objectively, from today's ...
Module task: Writing a questionnaire about experiences9 Write a question about life experiences for each of the topics. Use Have you ever...?Transport: Have you ever travelled by plane? Food:Book:Sport:Country:Film:10 Work in groups. Choose the best question for each topic in Activity 9 ...
When you're writing a book, it's tempting to just dive in. But you'll save yourself time and write a better book if you write a premise before you start.
Courage is life; Is eternity. Every time your struggle to run, Is a sign of light. Equality, It's the way fate treats people. Every time of effort, Whether to return the results? One percent talent, Whether really mak...
But you also know that your experiences aren’t unique to you; other applicants will have had similar adventures. There’s an oldOnion articlethat jokes about a person whose short work experience in Africa allowed her to post a better Facebook photo. Without asking yourself the most important...
The Best Books about Living the Writing Life 7 On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King Best for: Fiction writers Any writer who dreams of publishing a novel should add On Writing to their to-read (or to-reread) list. Part writing how-to and part memoir, King’s book is ...
In real life, people always are. Like all real people, Daum has unexamined, often self-serving ideas about herself. Unlike most real people, she writes about them uncensored. When they hurt her and those around her, the reader feels anger, as if she were a friend who needs a talking-...