Writes of Life: Using Personal Experience in Everything You Write

Winner, Independent Publishers Book Award

Twelve Senses. Dreams. Travels. Relationships. Actions. Spirit. Achievements. Your Life. The IPPY Award–winning Writes of Life begins where your personal experiences and pen intersect—the starting point for great stories that touch others. In this compact book, journey to learn and practice the many ways to turn your experiences into compelling memoirs, short stories, essays, lyrics, poems, fiction, journaling, and articles of all types. Substantially revised from its original printing, and drawn from 20 years of workshops, Writes of Life features more than 50 exercises, input from noted authors, question-and-answer sessions . . . and many ways to turn life’s moments into written nuggets.