Autobiographies
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- MrOneHundred0
- very cool, thanks!!ismith
- I’ve read it 4 or 5 times.MrOneHundred
- It'll take me that many tries before I forget how much the '70s Eno resembles Elrond from LOTR. Thanks again though :)ismith
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- blaw0
I enjoyed William Zinnser's "Writing About Your Life" which weaves the art of writing your memoir with his own story.
- version30
- math specific. this looks cool though
http://www.amazon.co…version3 - hmmm that's interesting... might buy it tomorrow. thanksismith
- math specific. this looks cool though
- ismith0
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- baseline_shift0
i recommend a sprawling, stream of consciousness devoid of any punctuation.
i have no samples to offer.
- Haha. That's actually how I do my first drafts in order to make myself start.ismith
- well hand in the first draft and convince your prof that its avant, and styled that way on purposebaseline_shift
- I wouldn't be surprised if I could get away with that in a class at some of these places.ismith
- boobs0
The Autobiography of Mark Twain is fantastic. Some great stories in there, told with true style.
- ismith0
Journals/diaries count too, I suppose.
- ismith
Any great ones? I'm looking for things that are highly regarded more for the author's prose than the content. I've read so many biographies but, as I'm here doing yet another personal essay for colleges, it just seems so bizarre to write about myself that I'd like to see how others have done it. Most autobiographical text I run into (cover letters, about sections, etc. not included– I mean books or articles) is by ego-freaks or pseudo-intellectual types who offer so many details that are frankly inconsequential.