Download or read book Writing Memoir (Lit Starts) written by San Francisco Writers' Grotto and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2022-07-05 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A book of writing prompts from the San Francisco Writers’ Grotto, authors of the bestselling 642 Things series Focus on a single aspect of the craft of writing with help from the San Francisco Writers’ Grotto. Writing Memoir starts with a foreword by New York Times bestselling author Julie Lythcott-Haims, who offers pointers for crafting a compelling narrative from your own experiences. The rest of the book consists of prompts and space to think, providing opportunities to reframe aspects of your life in thoughtful and interesting ways. Among other ideas, you’ll be asked to write: a virtual tour of your hometown a description of what’s in your purse or wallet right now a list of all the lies you’ve told an account of a historical event from your own lifetime, in a way that reveals something significant about yourself Take to a café, on vacation, or on your morning commute and practice your creative writing a little bit at a time. Special Features Advice from a published writer, followed by prompts Part of the Lit Starts series, a collection of single-subject writing prompt books by the San Francisco Writers’ Grotto Check out the other books in this series: Writing Action, Writing Character, Writing Dialogue, Writing Humor, and Writing Sci-fi and Fantasy.