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You Don't Have To Be Famous: How to Write Your Life Story

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Write Your Life Story Today! Would you like to record your life story for future generations? Do you want to write your life story to fulfill a personal need or desire for creativity? So why haven't you started? Writing can be intimidating, but with the help of You Don't Have to Be Famous , you can successfully start and finish your most important story. Noted author Steve Zousmer helps you overcome the challenges associated with writing by showing you how to think creatively about the best way to tell your story. Discover how

244 pages, Paperback

First published May 23, 2007

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181 reviews54 followers
April 21, 2022
<به اکتشافش می ارزه>
حقیقت اینه که من نه زندگینامه نوشتم نه میخوام بنویسم اما این کتابو خوندم چون مجبور بودم.🤷‍♂️ دارم مجموعه ده جلدی اموزش نویسندگی سوره مهرو میخونم و اینو هم که جزوش بود خوندم تا چیزی از دستم نره. البته شاید بعدا به کسی که فکر میکنم زنگیش ارزش انتشار داره بدم تا زنگیشو بنویسه. شاید اون آدم خودم باشم البته نه الان شاید سال ها بعد...🙆‍♂️
از همون اول میدونستم با خسته کننده ترین کتاب این مجموعه طرفم.🥱 اما این دیگه شورشو در آورد. پر از تکرار مکررات و چیزایی که میدونیم. البته شاید چون من زیاد نویسندگی خلاق خوندم برام تکراری شده.
البته اگه واقعا میخواید زندگینامه بنویسید کتاب عالی و کافی ایه. ترجمه هم بسیار ستودنی بود.
نکات تکنیکی و عملی که به اندازه کافی داشت. به اندازه ای که اگه کسی بخواد زندگینامه بنویسه، نیازشو برطرف کنه اما یه نکته ای گفت که چشم منو گرفت:
<کافیه به زندگی خودتون فکر کنید تا چیزهایی که باور نمیکنید یادتون بیاد و این فکر کردن زیاد و پیاده کردنش روی کاغذ باعث میشه علت خیلی از مسائل زندگیتونو بفهمید. مثل فیلم ها که آخرش به اولش ربط داره و خلاصه کشف و شهود های جالی درباره خودتون میکنید. >
برشی از کتاب:
وقتی برای اولین بار به بهترین داستان هایتان فکر می کنید، فقط چند مورد بدیهی به ذهنتان می آید. اما وقتی که در ذهنتان کند و کاو می کنید، سیلی از آن ها به ذهنتان هجوم می آورند. بیشتر زندگی نامه نویسان می گویند سخت ترین بخش کارشان این است که نمی دانند با این همه داستان و مطالب خوب چه کار کنند. انبوه مطالب البته نویسنده را مجبور به گزینش و انتخاب می کند که چه چیزهایی را در کتابش بیاورد و چه چیزهایی را کنار بگذارد.
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163 reviews1 follower
March 10, 2023
Read this as research for a possible short biography job I might be doing. Though this book is intended for an audience who want to write their own memoirs (hence, autobiography), I found quite a few helpful passages that I could relate to the biography writing process. Zousmer is matter-of-fact in his tone and covers pretty much everything one would need to know about embarking on writing an autobiography, combining advice with a few personal and more pointed stories sprinkled in between. I found his writing to be a little dry, but it was easy to read. It was a little funny how sometimes you could see stark evidence that this was written in the early 2000s by a man, in America.

I ended up skimming the last chapter or so as I have done something like this before so I didn't really need to know about publishing/audio/distributing, but overall I found the read to be good for a little help for this upcoming project.

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581 reviews15 followers
February 21, 2021
Encouraging read with great information about writing your story about your life experiences. The author covers different reasons for writing, helps the reader work through writer's block, gives advice for keeping the story on track towards the intended purpose for writing, helps keep expectations realistic, and offers practical tips for editing and re-writing. A complete handbook for writing an autobiography.
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112 reviews2 followers
April 11, 2014
This book didn't really give me much in the way of new information, but I'm sure that it would be good for people new to the idea of writing their memoirs/autobiography.
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