Creative Nonfiction
Subtitle: Researching and Crafting Stories of Real Life
Edition: Revised edition
Publisher: Waveland Pr Inc
Published: February 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9781577663393
Subjects: Reference; Language Arts & Disciplines / Composition & Creative Writing; Language Arts & Disciplines; Language; Authorship; Composition & Creative Writing; Feature writing; Writing Skills; Composition & Creative Writing - Nonfiction; Reference / Writing Skills
First sentence: It was late afternoon, the day before the close of the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference in Vermont, when Bob Reiss approached the lectern of the Little Theatre to give the final reading of an eleven-day marathon of readings.
Description: "Gerard covers everything from getting the assignment to conducting a stirring interview to working with an editor - including how to go "where the story lives" to experience the first-hand emotional facts - sights, smells, sounds - that will give your story immediacy; find the right form for the story you want to tell - essay, memoir, nature piece, political analysis, investigative exposes, personality profile; write an opening that catches the reader's attention and an ending that leaves a lasting impression; craft an engaging story by applying fiction elements such as dialogue, plot and conflict; find a voice readers can trust, and a writing style that "sings"; write other people's stories. (Gerard addresses such ethical and legal questions as libel, privacy, "off the record"); and revise your work in light of what you know now ... re-envision what the story really is." "Throughout, you'll find examples, advice and inspiration from some of today's greatest nonfiction writers - such as Terry Tempest Williams, Annie Dillard, Barry Lopez and Ron Powers."--BOOK JACKET.