TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hopper,Kathryn Ann
TI  - Use your words: a writing guide for mothers 
SN  - 9781936740123 (pbk. : alk. paper)
AV  - PN 145  H798u 2012
U1  - 808/.0420852 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Berkeley, CA
PB  - Viva Editions
KW  - Creative writing
KW  - Creative nonfiction
KW  - Mothers
KW  - Authorship
KW  - Motherhood
KW  - Parenting
KW  - Escritura creativa
KW  - Madres
KW  - Paternidad literaria
KW  - Crianza de niños
N1  - Includes index; Advance praise for Use Your Words; Table of Contents; Foreword; Introduction: Why Use Your Words?; Chapter 1: Getting Started; Chapter 2: Creative Nonfiction and Motherhood; Chapter 3: Motherhood Myths and Models; Chapter 4: Our Children as Characters: Character Development; Chapter 5: Voice Increative Nonfiction; Chapter 6: Using Humor as a Tool; Chapter 7: Mother Fear; Chapter 8: Writing the Hard Stuff; Chapter 9: Where Is Your Mind?: Reflection in Creative Nonfiction; Chapter 10: Our Parenting Partners; Chapter 11: Structure: How to Put It Together; Chapter 12: Re-Visioning Your Writing. Chapter 13: Publishing: From Blogs to BooksChapter 14: Keeping the Momentum Going; Appendix; Contributors; Acknowledgments; About the Author; To Our Readers
N2  - USE YOUR WORDS introduces the art of creative nonfiction to women who want to give written expression to their lives as mothers. Written by award-winning teacher and writer, Kate Hopper, this book will help women find the heart of their writing, learn to use motherhood as a lens through which to write the world, and turn their motherhood stories into art. Each chapter of USE YOUR WORDS focuses on an element of craft and contains a lecture, a published essay, and writing exercises that will serve as jumping-off points for the readers' own writing. Chapter topics include: the importance of using.
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