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Making Memoir with Liam Pieper
Welcome
Introduction
Meet Your Teacher: Liam Pieper (3:45)
Part One: Reading Memoir
First Things First
Exercise A: You already know how to do this
There’s only one rule, really. (1:54)
Moving Parts
Catching the Spirit (2:14)
Themes
Narrative Arc
Narrative Tension
Conflict and Resolution
Exercise B: Plan Micro Memoir
Sketching your arc, nice and easy
Taking Apart the Engine
Exercise C: Narrative Arc
Ending Strong
Close Reading of ‘Laugh Kookaburra Laugh’ (1:35)
Exercise D: Close Reading
Exercise E: Micro Memoir First Draft
Wrap Up
Part Two: Writing Memoir
Why do you want to write a memoir? (1:14)
The Meaning of Memoir
Exercise F: The ‘meaning of your memoir’
A Memoir is a Conversation
Memoir: the Main Event (1:46)
Taking Apart a Longer Memoir
Timespan and Frame of Your Memoir (1:50)
Chronology
Exercise G: Map Your Memoir
Your Theme
Exercise H: Decide Your Themes
Distributing Weight Through Theme
Exercise I: Chapter Breakdown
Comparison Titles
Exercise J: Check Out the Competition
Voice and Audience
Exercise K: Your Target Reader
Part Three: Memoir and the Market
Memoir and the Market (2:24)
Let’s Talk Gatekeepers
Book Deals
Exercise L: Writing Your Book Proposal
Putting it All Together (2:40)
Getting Lost
Cheat Codes
Exercise M: Treasure Hunt
Stack up the Pages (1:17)
The Work Begins
Closed Door, Open Door
Final Thoughts (1:59)
Feedback
Thank You
Close Reading of ‘Laugh Kookaburra Laugh’
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