[Stylist] Writing contest

[Sharon Hooley]

More successfully selling memoirs and biography makes sense to me, because only you can write the story of your life in your unique way with wording, and sometimes fact is stranger than fiction and things happen that we might never have thought of.


> On Oct 3, 2018, at 4:35 PM, Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter via Stylist <stylist at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Have no idea about the contest, but, memoirs are only on the best seller
> lists if written by or about a celebrity, and occasionally, if the subject
> is deemed interesting enough, you might see one, but, typically, it's
> celebrity memoirs and bios that sell.
> 
> Publishers pick up celebrity memoirs and bios because they know they will
> sell, allowing them to publish work by others that won't make much money.
> 
> Bridgit
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stylist <stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org <mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org>> On Behalf Of Janet Dinola
> Parmerter via Stylist
> Sent: Wednesday, October 3, 2018 4:35 PM
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> Cc: Janet Dinola Parmerter <janet at parmertours.com <mailto:janet at parmertours.com>>
> Subject: [Stylist] Writing contest
> 
> Hi All,
> Does anyone know if the writing contest will allow memoirs this year? It was
> very sad they did not allow them in last year.
> Memoirs are a good portion of our lives. They add a lot to the writing
> contest, especially for young ones .
> It can be cathartic to write about one's own experiences, and see the humor
> in life, along with realizing how one's life  may encourage someone else.
> Then again, reading about the life of someone else may do the same. That is
> why memoirs are always on the best seller list. To cut out memoirs seems to
> defeat the whole purpose of the writing contest.
> How do we make sure they are included this year?
> Janet
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