Writes of Life: Using Personal Experience in Everything You Write

Winner, Independent Publishers Book AwardTwelve Senses. Dreams. Travels. Relationships. Actions. Spirit. Achievements. Your Life. The IPPY Award–winning Writes of Life begins where your personal experiences and pen intersect-the starting point for great stories that touch others. In this compact book, journey to learn and practice the many ways to turn your experiences into compelling memoirs, short stories, essays, lyrics, poems, fiction, journaling, and articles of all types. Substantially revised from its original printing, and drawn from 20 years of workshops, Writes of Life features more than 50 exercises, input from noted authors, question-and-answer sessions . . . and many ways to turn life's moments into written nuggets. Robert Yehling is a writing instructor/coach, editor, author consultant, ghostwriter, and author of 11 books, including the heralded Just Add Water, a biography of autistic surf star Clay Marzo, and The Write Time: 366 Exercises to Fulfill Your Writing Life (Open Books Press). He is based in Southern California.