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You: The Story
You: The Story: A Writer's Guide to Craft Through Memory | Ruta Sepetys
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The nonfiction debut by #1 New York Times bestselling and Carnegie Medal-winning author Ruta Sepetys. Perfect for fans of Burn After Writing and Bird by Bird. Life is story in motion. Each day, you add to your story, revise it, and view it from a different angle. You erase things. Tear pages out. And sometimes, in hindsight, wish you could put them back. A day is a story. A year is a story. A life is a story. You are a story. Ruta Sepetys is known for creating vivid characters and harrowing plots. After five award-winning works of historical fiction and countless hours of meticulous research, she can affirm that the secret to strong writing is embedded within your life experience. You: The Story is a powerful how-to book for aspiring writers that encourages you to look inward and excavate your own memories in order to discover the authentic voices and compelling details that are waiting to be put on the page. Masterfully weaving in humorous and heartfelt stories from her own life that illustrate an aspect of the craft of writing (such as plot, character development, or dialogue), Sepetys then inspires readers with a series of writing prompts and exercises. Perfect for fans of Burn After Writing and Bird by Bird, You: The Story awakens the emerging writer and reveals that with some reflection, curiosity, and courage, you have a story to tell.
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MaggieCarr
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I have no desire to write my own story but I thoroughly enjoyed hearing bits and snippets of Ruta's story and how she became a writer with such descriptive scene building and character driven narratives.

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TheBiasedBibliophile
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I enjoyed the personal tone of this book. Sepetys shares her own life experiences to demonstrate how to add meaning and depth to writing. I appreciated that the book was written for people who don‘t necessarily have experience with writing or editing. It covers introductory material for a wide range of topics. This made it very easy to apply Sepetys‘ techniques and makes it the perfect book for editors to use with their clients.