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	<itunes:summary>Record the Stories of Your Life, tips, how-to, memoir book reviews, by Jerry Waxler</itunes:summary>
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		<title>When is a memoir by a celebrity not a celebrity memoir?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2010 13:32:10 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Andre Agassi Open]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Andre Agassi was one of the greatest tennis players of all time, and he was married to supermodel Brooke Shields. So it would be natural to expect his memoir, "Open," to be just another celebrity memoir, taking a free ride on his household name. But Agassi's memoir was not a vapid look at the privileged life of a star. Instead the tennis player and his ghost-writer J.R. Moehringer, author of the memoir "Tender Bar," converted a lifetime into a good story, filled with emotional insight.
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		<title>Let us now praise those who serve – a new way to earn fame</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wish we could base our collective admiration on qualities that run deeper. And I believe this is exactly the role memoirs could serve. Whether or not I knew the author before I started reading a memoir, by the time I finish, I feel we have grown closer, like traveling companions who have shared many miles.]]></description>
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		<title>Memoir by Celebrity Joan Rivers Offers Lessons for Aspiring Writers</title>
		<link>http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/joan-rivers-celebrity-memoir/</link>
		<comments>http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/joan-rivers-celebrity-memoir/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:28:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The road to success is littered with the dead acts and fatigued performers who have given up before making it through the gauntlet. And that's exactly what makes Rivers and Martin so interesting, so informative, and in the end so famous - their relentless pursuit of unique excellence and their refusal to follow the herd.]]></description>
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		<itunes:subtitle>The road to success is littered with the dead acts and fatigued performers who have given up before making it through the gauntlet. And that's exactly what makes Rivers and Martin so interesting, so informative, and in the end so famous - their rele[...]</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>The road to success is littered with the dead acts and fatigued performers who have given up before making it through the gauntlet. And that's exactly what makes Rivers and Martin so interesting, so informative, and in the end so famous - their relentless pursuit of unique excellence and their refusal to follow the herd.</itunes:summary>
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		<title>Celebrity Lessons for Writers</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 11:06:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Furthermore, famous people exert enormous power in our culture, and unless I break down and read their memoirs, I'm going to remain ignorant about them. So when an online friend suggested that Steve Martin's "Born Standing Up" was authentic and introspective I decided to give it a try. It turned out to be an excellent book about a boy's climb from ordinary childhood to international fame.]]></description>
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		<itunes:subtitle>Furthermore, famous people exert enormous power in our culture, and unless I break down and read their memoirs, I'm going to remain ignorant about them. So when an online friend suggested that Steve Martin's "Born Standing Up" was authentic and intr[...]</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>Furthermore, famous people exert enormous power in our culture, and unless I break down and read their memoirs, I'm going to remain ignorant about them. So when an online friend suggested that Steve Martin's "Born Standing Up" was authentic and introspective I decided to give it a try. It turned out to be an excellent book about a boy's climb from ordinary childhood to international fame.</itunes:summary>
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		<title>5 Reasons why I read Brooke Shields&#8217; &#8220;Down Came the Rain&#8221; even though I avoid celebrity memoirs</title>
		<link>http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/5-reasons-why-i-read-booke-shields-down-came-the-rain/</link>
		<comments>http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/5-reasons-why-i-read-booke-shields-down-came-the-rain/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 10:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jerrywaxler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Celebrity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grief/Loss]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lists]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Jerry Waxler I typically avoid celebrity memoirs, not because they aren&#8217;t people too, but because their memoirs generally play by a different set of rules. Celebrities are generally given a free pass. If they are famous enough, they can write anything they please, which is nice for them, and sometimes entertaining, but it&#8217;s much [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Celebrity interviewer turns the camera on herself</title>
		<link>http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/celebrity-interviewer-turns-the-camera-on-herself/</link>
		<comments>http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/celebrity-interviewer-turns-the-camera-on-herself/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 13:09:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jerrywaxler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Book Review]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jancee Dunn]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jancee Dunn was an ordinary girl from the suburbs of north New Jersey who dropped out of college, became a cub reporter for Rolling Stone magazine, and stayed there for 18 years. At her zenith she told the world about celebrities on MTV and Good Morning America. In the memoir "Enough About Me, How a Small-town Girl Went from Shag Carpet to the Red Carpet" she became the object of her own reporting.]]></description>
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		<itunes:subtitle>Jancee Dunn was an ordinary girl from the suburbs of north New Jersey who dropped out of college, became a cub reporter for Rolling Stone magazine, and stayed there for 18 years. At her zenith she told the world about celebrities on MTV and Good Mor[...]</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>Jancee Dunn was an ordinary girl from the suburbs of north New Jersey who dropped out of college, became a cub reporter for Rolling Stone magazine, and stayed there for 18 years. At her zenith she told the world about celebrities on MTV and Good Morning America. In the memoir "Enough About Me, How a Small-town Girl Went from Shag Carpet to the Red Carpet" she became the object of her own reporting.</itunes:summary>
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		<title>Fame and Story Structure in Dee Dee&#8217;s 60&#8242;s memoir</title>
		<link>http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/fame-and-story-structure-in-dee-dees-60s-memoir/</link>
		<comments>http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/fame-and-story-structure-in-dee-dees-60s-memoir/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 10:09:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jerrywaxler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[60's]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Jerry Waxler I think I saw Brooke Shields, once. I was having dinner with friends in Princeton, when Brooke was attending school there. I didn&#8217;t want to stare, but my friends swore it was her. Here&#8217;s an even lighter brush with fame. A guy I knew in college almost danced with Gracie Slick, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brooke Shields teaches mommies and memoir writers</title>
		<link>http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/brooke-shields-teaches-mommies-and-memoir-writers/</link>
		<comments>http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/brooke-shields-teaches-mommies-and-memoir-writers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jul 2007 11:48:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jerrywaxler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Book Review]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As you look for teaching moments to share with your readers, stay true to the central power of memoir writing. Share your authentic experience, and as the lessons unfold, let the readers watch. Like Brooke Shields' memoir, combine the force of your authentic voice with the unifying principles of the lessons you want to teach. So as you read Down Came the Rain, you could be enjoying and learning about the following aspects of memoir writing:]]></description>
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		<title>Insights from Brooke Shields&#8217; celebrity memoir</title>
		<link>http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/insights-from-brooke-shields-celebrity-memoir/</link>
		<comments>http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/insights-from-brooke-shields-celebrity-memoir/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 May 2007 11:22:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jerrywaxler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Book Review]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love the pleasure of a fabulously written book, and celebrity-written books are not known for their literary merit. But I also want to know more about the insides of all kinds of people, not just literary giants. I am willing to setting aside elitist expectations of literary excellence to expand my own horizons.]]></description>
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		<title>Example of Character Arc in a Celebrity Memoir &#8211; Sydney Sheldon&#8217;s Other Side of Me</title>
		<link>http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/example-of-character-arc-in-a-celebrity-memoir/</link>
		<comments>http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/example-of-character-arc-in-a-celebrity-memoir/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2007 12:24:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jerrywaxler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I think he added the afterward precisely because he or someone sensed there was no closure.  In the afterward,  Sheldon said he had no more need to keep writing best sellers. And I felt that in a sense, he was finally able to put down the sword and relax. Thank God! After all the pressure, and all the drive, I felt a sense of relief that he had found a 'there.' I don't know if this was the intended character arc, but I found the afterward gave me the sense of closure I was seeking.]]></description>
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