Telling Tales vs Writing your life: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Authorship, Biography & Memoir
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…
Writing your life
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Breaks down the barriers of personal narrative with an easy-to-follow guide that includes thought-provoking questions, encouraging suggestions, memory-jogging activities, tips for writing, advice on publishing one's…
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The verdict
- Readers rate Writing your life highest: Writing your life 3.9 · Telling Tales 3.6.
- Telling Tales has the widest readership — 560 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Telling Tales | Writing your life | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.6 (560) | 4.0 (34) |
| Hardcover | 4.0 (25) | — |
Reception
| Telling Tales | Writing your life | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 560 | 34 |
| Editions | 6 | 8 |
| Want to read | — | 192 |
| Reading it now | — | 5 |
| Written reviews | — | 6 |
| Wikipedia attention | 18 | — |
| Pages | 156 | 191 |
Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: Telling Tales or Writing your life?
Writing your life has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Writing your life 3.9/5, Telling Tales 3.6/5).
Which is shorter to read: Telling Tales or Writing your life?
Telling Tales is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: Telling Tales (156 pages, ≈ 2 h 53 m); Writing your life (191 pages, ≈ 3 h 32 m).
Which is harder to read: Telling Tales or Writing your life?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Telling Tales: Moderate; Writing your life: Moderate.