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Writing Life Stories by Bill Roorbach — WisdomDeck honest review

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Writing Life Stories

by Bill Roorbach

A workshop-in-a-book for memoir and personal essay: mapping memory, scene, character, research. Exercises that work.

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you want exercises to start a memoir.

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you want theory.

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Three things you will actually use

Map a place from memory.
Scene over summary.
Research your own life.

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Memoir exercises.

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