num_pages: 167
description: The one guide every creative nonfiction writer needs to turn to when being creative. Writers of memoir and narrative nonfiction are experiencing difficult days with the discovery that some well-known works in the genre contain exaggerationsor are partially fabricated. But what are the parameters of creative nonfiction? Keep It Real begins by defining creative nonfiction. Then it explores the flexibility of the formthe liberties and the boundaries that allow writers to be as truthful factual and artful as possible. A succinct but rich compendium of ideas terms and techniques Keep It Real clarifies the ins and outs of writing creative nonfiction. Starting with acknowledgment of sources running through fact-checking metaphor and navel gazing and ending with writers' responsibilities to their subjects this book provides all the information you need to write with verve while remaining true to your story.
language: English
title: Keep It Real: Everything You Need to Know About Researching and Writing Creative Nonfiction
publisher: W.W. Norton