How to write your own life story vs Telling Tales: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Authorship, Biography & Memoir
How to write your own life story
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Writing the story of one's life sounds like a daunting task, but it doesn't have to be. This warmhearted, encouraging guide helps readers record the events of their lives for family and friends. Excerpts from other…
Telling Tales
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Young writers have historically played a pivotal role in shaping autobiographical genres and this continues into the graphic and digital texts which characterise contemporary life writing. This volume offers a selection…
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The verdict
- Readers rate How to write your own life story highest: How to write your own life story 3.9 · Telling Tales 3.6.
- Telling Tales has the widest readership — 560 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| How to write your own life story | Telling Tales | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.9 (95) | 3.6 (560) |
| Hardcover | — | 4.0 (25) |
Reception
| How to write your own life story | Telling Tales | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 95 | 560 |
| Editions | 8 | 6 |
| Want to read | 152 | — |
| Reading it now | 64 | — |
| Written reviews | 12 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 18 |
| Pages | 221 | 156 |
Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: How to write your own life story or Telling Tales?
How to write your own life story has the higher combined reader rating across sources (How to write your own life story 3.9/5, Telling Tales 3.6/5).
Which is shorter to read: How to write your own life story or Telling Tales?
Telling Tales is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: Telling Tales (156 pages, ≈ 2 h 53 m); How to write your own life story (221 pages, ≈ 4 h 06 m).
Which is harder to read: How to write your own life story or Telling Tales?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — How to write your own life story: Moderate; Telling Tales: Moderate.