Telling Your Life Story Outline Example Betty Chiang
Telling Your Life Story
Outline • • Example : Betty Chiang Booming development of memoir A different point of view A Stolen Life: A Memoir The Christmas Box Conclusion Questions
About Betty Chiang • Without writing skills • Self-publishing
Immigrant : A Memoir By Betty Chiang • Purpose : passing down her story • Professional look • Detail experiences
Booming development • A desire to pass on wisdom • Affordable access to technology
A different point of view • Elizabeth Fishel ▫ Teaching memoir writing • Oprahfication • Aging population • Available self-publishing tools
Oprahfication • Oprah Winfrey ▫ American talk show host • Personal sharing
A Stolen Life: A Memoir • Author : Jaycee Dugard • Sexual abuse by pedophilia
The Christmas Box • Author : Richard Paul Evans • A Christmas story written for his children • Purpose : convey father’s love to his children • Content : A widow and her son
Conclusion • Good news • Share your life • Build up a model for posterity
Questions 1. What’s the most memorable event that is worth writing in your memoir ? 2. Would you like to share your memoir with people you are not familiar to ? Why or why not ? 3. What are benefits of publishing your own memoir for your next generation?
4. Can you find out other ways to tell us your story except publishing a memoir ? 5. What are self-publishing advantages and disadvantages ? 6. Which way do you prefer to, traditional publishing or self-publishing ? Why ?
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