[Stylist] Writing contest

Thu Oct 4 21:12:08 UTC 2018

That is a wonderful bit of information. But, keep that bucket list alive. Get there! 

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Since you mentioned Under the Tuscan Sun, interesting little side note, I just learned this myself, but, did you know that when a book is auctioned off for film, the top rate a production company pays is $5000? They will not pay more, regardless of author. That's why a lot of time, you often see the author of the book in a producer credit or something like that.

Bridgit

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Yes, it is so true celebrities sell more memoirs, because many memoirs I have read, have been self-published. Yet, under the Tuscan Sun, and a number of other ones regarding author's experiences in Italy were best sellers. 

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Typically, fiction sells better than nonfiction. In order to sell a memoir or autobio, usually, you have to be a celebrity or have gone through some ordeal that makes national news, like Sully and landing the plane on the Hudson. Everyone else, we are going to have to go through a small press, self-publishing, or if a big publishing house picks it up, it's rare for a non-celebrity memoir or autobio to end up on a best seller list. Nonfiction is really big right now, but, you have to be known for it to sell. So, either a celebrity or a literary celeb like David Sedaris. Fiction is still the biggest item to  be picked up with publishers.

Bridgit

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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
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> 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
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> 
> 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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