COLWRIT 1 Lecture 7: September 16
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Judith barrington , in her guid for writers titled. Writing the memoir allows for some fudging of the facts in the process of crafting personal narrative, admitting that she herself sometimes reorder[s] events to make the narrative work (65). We watch the memoirist make sense of her life and no matter how different our circumstances, we. Nd some commonality with her and feel a less alone in the world (67). Use the full name when referring to the author for the rst time, afterwards use just the last name. Use italics are for plays, novels, ships, lyrics, book titles, lms, very long poems. For articles, poem titles, songs, essays and chapter titles, use _______ "s, but chapter one would be an incorrect use. Also in titles, use lower case for: articles (e. g. a, an, the), prepositions and fanboys (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so). Use the present tense as the writer is literary present .