Write A Memoir By William Zinsser Analysis

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In ‘’ How to Write a Memoir ‘’,William Zinsser gives advice on how to write a memoir. The most specific advice he gave was ‘’Be Yourself ‘’, ‘’Tell your own story ‘’ , and ‘’Speak freely ‘’ (2,4,6). That advice help writers to tell their own story and how they want to tell it . Some memoir is told from a child point of view . In Maya Van Wagenen memoir ‘’Popular’’ supports Zinsser writing advice through his use of child point of view , an honest storytelling , and a structure of small memories . Zinsser says to be yourself . In Popular the author Maya V an Wagenen wasn’t herself .(11) It states , ‘’Every month of this school year I will follow Betty Cornell’s advice on one of the topic in her book : dieting , hair , makeup