The Butterfly Hours: Transforming Memories into Memoir

✍ Scribed by Patty Dann

Publisher: Shambhala
Year: 2016
Tongue: English
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

Featuring writing prompts and tips from one of the “great [writing] teachers of NYC,” this guide to memoir writing will help you discover the power and pleasure of bringing your memories to life (New York Magazine)

Sometimes all it takes is a single word to spark a strong memory. Bicycle. Snowstorm. Washing machine. By presenting one-word prompts and simple phrases, author and writing teacher Patty Dann gives us the keys to unlock our life stories.

Organized around her ten rules for writing memoir, Dann’s lyrical vignettes offer glimpses into her own life while, surprisingly, opening us up to our own. This book is a small but powerful guide and companion for anyone wanting to get their own story on the page. We all have stories to tell, and Patty Dann can help you bring them forth.

✦ Subjects

Writing; Language Arts; Self-Improvement; Nonfiction; BIO026000; SEL009000; LAN005060

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