Experience the power and the promise of working in today' most
exciting literary form: Creative Nonfiction
Writing Creative Nonfiction presents more than thirty essays examining
every key element of the craft, from researching ideas and structuring
the story, to reportage and personal reflection. You'll learn from some
of today's top creative nonfiction writers, including:
- Terry Tempest Williams - Analyze your motivation for writing, its
value, and its strength.
- Alan Cheuse - Discover how interesting, compelling essays can be
drawn from every corner of your life and the world in which you live.
- Phillip Lopate - Build your narrator-yourself-into a fully
fleshed-out character, giving your readers a clearer, more compelling
idea of who is speaking and why they should listen.
- Robin Hemley - Develop a narrative strategy for structuring your
story and making it cohesive.
- Carolyn Forche - Master the journalistic ethics of creative
nonfiction.
- Dinty W. Moore - Use satire, exaggeration, juxtaposition, and
other forms of humor in creative nonfiction.
- Philip Gerard - Understand the narrative stance-why and how an
author should, or should not, enter into the story.
Through insightful prompts and exercises, these contributors help make
the challenge of writing creative nonfiction-whether biography,
true-life adventure, memoir, or narrative history-a welcome, rewarding
endeavor.
You'll also find an exciting, creative nonfiction "reader" comprising
the final third of the book, featuring pieces from Barry Lopez, Annie
Dillard, Beverly Lowry, Phillip Lopate, and more-selections so
extraordinary, they will teach, delight, inspire, and entertain you for
years to come!
