num_pages: 208
description: Unmatched in its focus on a concise and popular emerging genre The Rose Metal Press Field Guide to Writing Flash Nonfiction features 26 eminent writers editors and teachers offering expert analysis focused exercises and helpful examples of what make the brief essay form such a perfect medium for experimentation insight and illumination. With a comprehensive introduction to the genre and book by editor Dinty W. Moore The Field Guide is perfect for both the classroom and the individual writers deskan essential handbook for anyone interested in the scintillating and succinct flash nonfiction form. How many words does it take to tell a compelling true story? The answer might surprise you. The Rose Metal Press Field Guide to Writing Flash Nonfiction edited by the invaluable Dinty W. Moore is a lot more than flashy. These thoughtful thought-provoking essays and exercises have the paradoxical effect of slowing down our attention and encouraging an expansion of the moment while seeming to be saving writing and reading time. A very useful compilation. Phillip Lopate  The Art of the Personal Essay: An Anthology from the Classical Era to the Present
language: English
title: The Rose Metal Press Field Guide to Writing Flash Nonfiction: Advice and Essential Exercises from Respected Writers, Editors, and Teachers
publisher: Rose Metal Press