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Teach Yourself Writing Biographies
Edition: 1st
Author(s): TAYLOR INA
ISBN10:  0658000802
ISBN13:  9780658000805
Format:  Paperback
Pub. Date:  3/1/2000
Publisher(s): McGraw-Hill

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SummaryTable of Contents
Practical and inspiring, this book shows how to write an accurate and fascinating life portrait. It covers organizing research, including hints on how to investigate documentary information and locate relevant descendants. There's also advice on how to approach publishers.
Introducion v
Part One -- Researching 1(58)
Choosing your subject
3(7)
Starting your research
10(5)
Filing your research
15(4)
Historical background
19(5)
Interviews
24(6)
Documentary research
30(11)
Collecting Illustrations
41(4)
Places
45(4)
Primary sources
49(5)
Secondary sources
54(2)
Completing your research
56(3)
Part Two -- Writing 59(78)
Your reader
61(4)
What have you got to say about your subject?
65(3)
Planning your book
68(4)
Starting to write
72(3)
Working on a Chapter
75(6)
Finding your voice
81(6)
Autobiography
87(5)
Sex
92(3)
Bridging the gap
95(3)
Can you say anything you like?
98(3)
Selecting pictures and writing captions
101(6)
What is in a name?
107(4)
Writing for children
111(4)
Organizing and writing up your family history
115(6)
Introductions, acknowledgements, references and permissions
121(7)
Bibliographies, appendices and index
128(5)
How do you end a biography?
133(4)
Part Three -- Publication 137(27)
To Publish or not to publish?
139(5)
Biography publishing -- the DIY method
144(7)
Getting your manuscript ready for publication
151(5)
Know your market
156(4)
Sending your work in
160(4)
Useful addresses 164(1)
Index 165

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