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Old Friend from Far Away: The Practice of Writing Memoir

10 best books like Old Friend from Far Away: The Practice of Writing Memoir (Natalie Goldberg): Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life, Still Writing: The Perils and Pleasures of a Creative Life, The Art of Memoir, Throw Out Fifty Things: Clear the Clutter, Find Your Life, The Right to Write: An Invitation and Initiation Into the Writing Life, Time Management from the Inside Out: The Foolproof System for Taking Control of Your Schedule--and Your Life, Confessions of an Organized Homemaker: The Secrets of Uncluttering Your Home and Taking Control of Your Life, This I Know: Notes on Unraveling the Heart, Journal to the Self: Twenty-Two Paths to Personal Growth - Open the Door to Self-Understanding by Writing, Reading, and Creating a Journal of Your Life, Writing the Memoir

Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
AuthorAnne Lamott
ISBN0385480016
"Thirty years ago my older brother, who was ten years old at the time, was trying to get a report on birds written that he'd had three months to write. [It] was due the next day. We were out at our family cabin in Bolinas, and he was at the kitchen table close to tears, surrounded by binder paper and pencils and...
Still Writing: The Perils and Pleasures of a Creative Life
AuthorDani Shapiro
ISBN0802121403
"Everything I know about life, I learned from the daily practice of sitting down to write."

From the best-selling author of Devotion and Slow Motion comes a witty, heartfelt, and practical look at the exhilarating and challenging process of storytelling. At once a memoir, meditation on the...
The Art of Memoir
AuthorMary Karr
ISBN0062223062
Credited with sparking the current memoir explosion, Mary Karr’s The Liars’ Club spent more than a year at the top of the New York Times list. She followed with two other smash bestsellers: Cherry and Lit, which were critical hits as well.

For thirty years Karr has also taught the form, winning...
Throw Out Fifty Things: Clear the Clutter, Find Your Life
AuthorGail Blanke
"Our lives are so filled with junk from the past-from dried up tubes of glue to old grudges-that it's a wonder we can get up in the morning," exclaims motivator, best-selling author, columnist, and life coach Gail Blanke.

"If you want to grow, you gotta let go," is Blanke's mantra; and that means...
The Right to Write: An Invitation and Initiation Into the Writing Life
AuthorJulia Cameron
ISBN1585420093
What if everything we have been taught about learning to write was wrong? In The Right to Write, Julia Cameron's most revolutionary book, the author of the bestselling self-help guide The Artist's Way, asserts that conventional writing wisdom would have you believe in a false doctrine that stifles...
Time Management from the Inside Out: The Foolproof System for Taking Control of Your Schedule--and Your Life
AuthorJulie Morgenstern
ISBN0805075909
A thoroughly updated and expanded edition of the definitive guide to managing and freeing up time

Applying the groundbreaking from-the-inside-out approach that made Organizing from the Inside Out a New York Times bestseller, Julie Morgenstern set a new standard for the time- management...
Confessions of an Organized Homemaker: The Secrets of Uncluttering Your Home and Taking Control of Your Life
AuthorDeniece Schofield
ISBN1558703616
Own.

My mom's copy of this book, published around the time I was born, was Confessions of an Organized Housewife. This revised edition was published in 1994, and homemaker is a better title for it than housewife. I wonder if her tone and approach was more "housewifey" in the 80's than in the 90's....
This I Know: Notes on Unraveling the Heart
AuthorSusannah Conway
ISBN0762770082
Part memoir, part creative journal, This I Know chronicles Susannah’s journey through bereavement and healing, taking the reader on a ride into the possibilities of unravelling — and healing — her own life too. It’s a guidebook of sorts, a collection of thoughts and theories, with creative...
Journal to the Self: Twenty-Two Paths to Personal Growth - Open the Door to Self-Understanding by Writing, Reading, and Creating a Journal of Your Life
AuthorKathleen Adams
ISBN0446390380
What I learned from this book is that there are no rules when it comes to personal journal writing. This one aspect has made the idea of keeping my own journal less daunting.

A good book for beginning journalers... it lists some guidelines for keeping a journal, a list of items one may want to collect...
Writing the Memoir
AuthorJudith Barrington
ISBN0933377509
Since Writing the Memoir came out in early 1997 it has sold roughly 80,000 copies and is consistently praised as "the best book on memoir out there." It is thought-provoking, explanatory, and practical: each chapter ends with writing exercises. It covers everything from questions of truth and ethics...
Inventing the Truth: The Art and Craft of Memoir
AuthorWilliam Zinsser
ISBN0395901502
An indispensable book by writers who have experienced firsthand the rewards and challenges of crafting a memoir

 

Anyone undertaking the project of writing a memoir knows that the events, memories, and emotions of the past often resist the orderly structure of a book. Inventing...
Note to Self: On Keeping a Journal and Other Dangerous Pursuits
AuthorSamara O'Shea
ISBN0061494151
Keeping a journal is easy. Keeping a life-altering, soul-enlightening journal, however, is not. At its best, journaling can be among the most transformative of experiences, but you can only get there by learning how to express yourself fully and openly. Enter Samara O'Shea.

O'Shea charmed...
Story Genius: How to Use Brain Science to Go Beyond Outlining and Write a Riveting Novel (Before You Waste Three Years Writing 327 Pages That Go Nowhere)
AuthorLisa Cron
ISBN1607748908
Following on the heels of Lisa Cron's breakout first book, Wired for Story, this writing guide reveals how to use cognitive storytelling strategies to build a scene-by-scene blueprint for a riveting story.

Story Genius is a foolproof program that saves writers from penning hundreds of pages...
The Power Of Focus
AuthorJack Canfield
ISBN0091876508
The No 1 reason that stops people from getting what they want is lack of focus. People who focus on what they want, prosper. Those who don't, struggle. In The Power of Focus you'll discover the specific focusing strategies used by the world's most successful men and women. Find out how to:

-Focus...
The Laws of Simplicity: Design, Technology, Business, Life
AuthorJohn Maeda
ISBN0262134721
Ten laws of simplicity for business, technology, and design that teach us how to need less but get more.

Finally, we are learning that simplicity equals sanity. We're rebelling against technology that's too complicated, DVD players with too many menus, and software accompanied by 75-megabyte...
One Year to an Organized Life: From Your Closets to Your Finances, the Week-by-Week Guide to Getting Completely Organized for Good
AuthorRegina Leeds
ISBN1452656487
Who would you be if you felt at peace and had more time and money? An organized life enables you to have more freedom, less aggravation, better health, and to get more done. For nearly twenty years, Regina Leeds—named Best Organizer by Los Angeles magazine—has helped even the messiest turn their...
Organize Now!: A Week-by-Week Guide to Simplify Your Space and Your Life
AuthorJennifer Ford Berry
ISBN1600611087
Get Organized Fast!



Clutter has a cost. It steals your storage space, robs your time and energy, and takes away the peace and beauty of your home. Don't pay for it another minute—get organized, now!



This updated and expanded edition of the bestselling Organize...
新参者 [Shinzanmono]
AuthorKeigo Higashino
ISBN4062157713
Newcomer is a translated Japanese murder mystery. It is the 8th in the series, but doesn’t matter if you start here as the main character, Sergeant Kyochiro Kaga, is new to the Tokyo police force. Kaga is assigned a murder case about a 45 year old divorced woman. His style is like that of Colombo - kind...
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