What I mean is who's to tell one life is more interesting than another? What elements make a good memoir/autobio?
Most of the important things that happened in my life finished happening by the time I was about 24....
Means the outlook for your book should be pretty good, Sarah.Neither the category, the premise nor the title can predict artistic success or failure. It's all in the writing.
Awwww....MacAllister said:Means the outlook for your book should be pretty good, Sarah.
Coco82 said:What I mean is who's to tell one life is more interesting than another? What elements make a good memoir/autobio?
Coco82 said:What I mean is who's to tell one life is more interesting than another? What elements make a good memoir/autobio?
Have you (all of you, not just eldragon) read Studs Turkel's Working? I don't think he even revised; he just edited and put together hundreds of interviews he'd done with people in various occupations at all levels. Every single one had fascinating stories.eldragon said:I have read memoirs of bricklayers, that were page turners. I have read about so many different professions, and I'll always choose memoirs. I want to read about your life. You are a supermarket checker? Fabulous! You're a taxi driver? Wow! I'll bet you had alot of interesting things happen to you.