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The material is right there in front of you. You’ve known yourself for, well, a lifetime—and you finally feel ready to share your story with the world. Yet when it actually comes time to put pen to paper, you find that you’re stumped.

Enter Adair Lara: award-winning author, seasoned columnist, beloved writing coach, and the answer to all of your autobiographical quandaries.

Naked, Drunk, and Writing is the culmination of Lara’s vast experience as a writer, editor, and teacher. It is packed with insights and advice both practical (“writing workshops you pay for are the best--it’s too easy to quit when you’ve made no investment”) and irreverent (“apply Part A [butt] to Part B [chair]”), answering such important questions as:

• How do I know where to start my piece and where to end it?
• How do I make myself write when I’m too scared or lazy or busy?
• What makes a good pitch letter, and how do I get mine noticed?
• I’m ready to publish—now where do I find an agent?
• If I show my manuscript to my mother, will I ever be invited to a family gathering again?

As thorough and instructive as a personal writing coach (and cheaper, too), Naked, Drunk, and Writing is a must-have if you are an aspiring columnist, essayist, or memoirist—or just a writer who needs a bit of help in getting your story told.

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31 August 2010
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"Very savvy and smart and hugely entertaining."
--ANNE LAMOTT, author of Bird by Bird --This text refers to the paperback edition.

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Shed Your Inhibitions and Craft a Compelling Memoir or Personal Essay --This text refers to the paperback edition.

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B003E8AIX4
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Ten Speed Press; Revised ed. edition (31 August 2010)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 412 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 258 pages

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Dahlia P.

Fast and reliable!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 4 October 2020

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Fast delivery and book arrived as described. No complaints!

Matthew

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 7 February 2017

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There are better book on writing...spend your money on those.

Kelly Morgan

A Favorite Book on Writing

Reviewed in the United States on 20 August 2021

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I had a problem. I'd been writing poetry for a long time and struggling with the writing of essays and memoirs. The actual writing wasn't hard, but I didn't understand how to organize the writing so the reader would enjoy reading what I'd written. When Adair broke down a story/essay into a problem, actions to solve the problem, and the solution/outcome to the problem, I had an easier time writing and finish essays I'd been working on for a very long time. My inner perfectionist took a chair in the bleachers. I wish she still taught classes. I'm on her waiting list, hopefully. Oh, and did I mention the book is written with a delightful sense of humor.

Magnus

Great resources on memoir writing

Reviewed in the United States on 22 May 2019

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Reading this book has opened my eyes and made me realize that there’s no big difference between a good fiction and memoirs. A good story is a good story. Filled with clear examples and solid advices (especially on the publishing part), this book will help you craft a powerful memoir/narrative nonfiction/personal essays

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ShaunSanders

Better Than an MFA

Reviewed in the United States on 20 March 2014

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A member of my writing group lent me this book not knowing I have an aversion to being told how to write. (Which makes me wonder what I'm doing in a writer's group, but let's let that slide for the moment.) I took the book to be polite, then let it sit on my desk for a week, cover down. But I had a few moments to kill one day and though "what the hell." Boy was I surprised, and pleasantly so. Lara's work is insightful and laugh out loud funny, and the language flows even when she discusses nuance in style--I'm reading as much because it is a really good read as I am for any guidance it offers.
As well thought out and as well presented as it is, the guidance offered is the added bonus. I'm getting from this book what I had hoped to get from the MFA creative writing program I'm currently enrolled in: pedagogy. Lest that word ring clamorous in your ear, I teach basic essay writing at a JC, and I need to know the "why" before I swallow the pill--how else could I use it in the classroom? Lara offers such well chosen examples to illustrate each point she makes that I open wide. And when I start to feel a little inadequate--after all, being told how best to write will probably always create a knee-jerk inversion in this reader--she understands that, too, sharing her experiences, and those of other writers, in order to lead my inner writing troll to an acceptance of the need to revise.
Highly recommended.

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