Gil Michelini's Reviews > Writing Life Stories: How To Make Memories Into Memoirs, Ideas Into Essays And Life Into Literature

This book is one of the group that helped me write my book. I found it to be an excellent "class-in-a-book" for those who want to write a personal essay but are not sure how to get started.

When I think of this book, Roorback's advice that first comes to mind is squeezing out all the meaning from each word, sentence, and paragraph. I also heard him saying, as I was going through my editing, "Does this move the story forward."

I'm not sure what grade he would give my book but I found this teacher to be a great mentor for those who do not want to let our stories die with us.