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    How to Begin Your Memoir: Inspirations & Motivations
    How to Begin Your Memoir: Inspirations & Motivations
    How to Begin Your Memoir: Inspirations & Motivations
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    How to Begin Your Memoir: Inspirations & Motivations

    By D. Patrick Miller

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    Accomplished author, editor, and writing coach D. Patrick Miller helps writers take the very first step in creating a personal history: getting clear on why one is writing. "If you can focus your purpose from the start, you will hit fewer snags as you go along, and end up much more satisfied with the result," he explains. Miller reviews three "Poor Motivations" and three "Effective Motivations" for writing a memoir, and provides a set of questions to help authors explore their starting point more effectively.He also explains why the best inspiration for a personal memoir is the paradoxical outlook, "It's not about me."

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherD. Patrick Miller
    Release dateFeb 22, 2014
    ISBN9781311491398
    How to Begin Your Memoir: Inspirations & Motivations
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    D. Patrick Miller

    Patrick D. Miller is Charles T. Haley Professor Emeritus of Old Testament Theology at Princeton Theological Seminary in Princeton, New Jersey. He is the author of numerous books, including The Religion of Ancient Israel. He is coeditor of the Interpretation commentary series and the Westminster Bible Companion series. In 1998, he served as President of the Society of Biblical Literature. He was also editor of Theology Today for twenty years.

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      How to Begin Your Memoir - D. Patrick Miller

      HOW TO BEGIN YOUR MEMOIR:

      Inspirations & Motivations

      by D. Patrick Miller

      © 2021 by D. Patrick Miller

      Smashwords Edition

      All Rights Reserved

      CONTENTS

      Introduction

      A New Point of View on Your Point of View

      Poor Motivations for a Memoir

      Effective Motivations for a Memoir

      Reviewing Your Motivations

      What is Your Gift to Readers?

      Further Resources

      Introduction

      So the time has come to tell your story. You’ve reached a point in your life where you feel the need to sum up your personal history in the form of an autobiography. Or perhaps you want to review an especially compelling part or idea drawn from your life story, which is usually called a memoir.

      Either way, this may seem like a simple, straightforward decision with a strictly personal motivation. In fact, it’s a

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