How Long to Read Writing & Selling Your Memoir

How Long Does it Take to Read Writing & Selling Your Memoir?

It takes the average reader 4 hours to read Writing & Selling Your Memoir by Paula Balzer

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

There's more to writing a memoir than just writing your life story. A memoir isn't one long diary entry. Rather, it's a well-crafted story about a crucial, often exceptionally difficult, time in someone's life. Writing & Selling Your Memoir talks readers through the process of telling their most personal stories in a compelling, relatable, and readable manner. Unlike other books dedicated to the art and craft of writing memoir, it teaches readers how to approach the genre with love, respect, and know-how without sentimentalizing it. Drawing on her experience working with New York Times best-selling memoirists, literary agent Paula Balzer carefully explores the genre and provides readers with step-by-step instruction on how to: • Identify strong opening and closing points • Find and develop a strong central hook that readers can relate to • Structure a memoir to maximize readability • Use dialogue and pacing to enhance intimacy • Approach honesty and truthfulness • Build a successful author platform around their memoir • Get an agent's attention • Get published Full of tips, techniques, detailed exercises, and examples from best-selling memoirs as well as sidebars from well-known memoir authors, Writing & Selling Your Memoir teaches you how to approach an often tricky genre and tell your story without sentimentalizing it.

How long is Writing & Selling Your Memoir?

Writing & Selling Your Memoir by Paula Balzer is 240 pages long, and a total of 60,000 words.

This makes it 81% the length of the average book. It also has 73% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Writing & Selling Your Memoir Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 27 minutes to read Writing & Selling Your Memoir aloud.

What Reading Level is Writing & Selling Your Memoir?

Writing & Selling Your Memoir is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

Where Can I Buy Writing & Selling Your Memoir?

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