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Writing True: The Art and Craft of Creative Nonfiction

by Sondra Perl and Mimi Schwartz

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ISBN13: 9780618370757
ISBN10: 0618370757
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This innovative book teaches students how to write informative and engaging nonfiction that emphasizes voice and creativity and incorporates observation, research, memory, and point of view. "Writing True "serves as a valuable core textbook or a supplement for any creative writing or composition course with an emphasis on creative nonfiction.<P>A solid pedagogical approach shows students how to be true to capturing the real world with integrity and creativity. The first part of the book, "Writing Creative Nonfiction," offers ten chapters of practical guidance, skill-building exercises, and ideas to help writers develop their creativity. The second part of the book, "Reading Creative Nonfiction," contains an anthology divided into Memoir, Personal Essay, Portrait, Essay of Place, and Literary Journalism. Selections include works by Nora Ephron, Tracy Kidder, Eric Liu, David Sedaris, and other well-known masters of the creative nonfiction genre. The anthology also includes a section entitled "Stories of Craft," with four prominent writers, including John Irving and Sue Miller, describing the challenges and rewards of writing creative nonfiction.Chapters in the first part of the book can be used in different sequences along with the reading anthology, depending on the course. Class testers have used this book in a wide variety of classes.The exercises in the unique "Ways In "feature conclude each chapter of Part I, "Writing Creative Nonfiction," and give students ways to test what they are learning and practice chapter ideas and strategies.The authors emphasize the use of a journal or daybook as a key tool for creative nonfiction writers who discover their themes by writing first andfiguring out why afterwards.The authors explain how to read a draft--one&#039; s own and others&#039; --and how to give and receive feedback on works-in-progress.The glossary, "Twenty Ways to Talk About Creative Nonfiction," helps both new and experienced writers establish the c

Synopsis:

This innovative book teaches students how to write informative and engaging nonfiction that emphasizes voice and creativity and incorporates observation, research, memory, and point of view. Writing True serves as a valuable core textbook or a supplement for any creative writing or composition course with an emphasis on creative nonfiction. A solid pedagogical approach shows students how to be true to capturing the real world with integrity and creativity. The first part of the book, "Writing Creative Nonfiction," offers ten chapters of practical guidance, skill-building exercises, and ideas to help writers develop their creativity. The second part of the book, "Reading Creative Nonfiction," contains an anthology divided into Memoir, Personal Essay, Portrait, Essay of Place, and Literary Journalism. Selections include works by Nora Ephron, Tracy Kidder, Eric Liu, David Sedaris, and other well-known masters of the creative nonfiction genre. The anthology also includes a section entitled "Stories of Craft," with four prominent writers, including John Irving and Sue Miller, describing the challenges and rewards of writing creative nonfiction.

Table of Contents

I. Writing Creative Nonfiction 1. Why Creative Nonfiction? 2. The Power of the Notebook 3. Ten Ways to a Draft 4. Taking Shape 5. Finding Voice Twenty Ways to Talk about Creative Nonfiction 6. Workshopping a Draft 7. The Craft of Revision 8. A Lighter Touch--or Other Ways to Tell a Story 9. The Role of Research 10. The Ethics of Creative Nonfiction II. Reading Creative Nonfiction A Preface to Our Anthology 11. Memoir Lisa Chavez, "Independence Day, Manley Hot Springs, Alaska" Tony Earley, "Somehow Form a Family" Nora Ephron, "A Word About Breasts" David Sedaris, "Let It Snow" Alice Walker, "Beauty: When the Other Dancer Is the Self" 12. Personal Essay Gerald N. Callahan, "Chimera" Brian Doyle, "Being Brians" Eric Liu, "Notes of a Native Speaker" Scott Russell Sanders, "Under the Influence" Kandi Tayebi, "Warring Memories" Connie Wieneke, "Snakebit" 13. Portrait Li-Young Lee, from The Winged Seed Charles Simic, "Dinner at Uncle Boris'" Alice Steinbach, "The Miss Dennis School of Writing" Susan Allen Toth, "Going to the Movies" 14. Essay of Place Gretel Ehrlich, "Island" Dagoberto Gilb, "Living al Chuco" Gretchen Legler, "Moments of Being: An Antarctic Quintet" Colson Whitehead, "The Port Authority" 15. Literary Journalism Anne Fadiman, "Do Doctors Eat Brains?" Tracy Kidder, from Among Schoolchildren Susan Orlean, "Meet the Shaggs" 16. Stories of Craft Patricia Hampl, "On Memory and Imagination" Steven Harvey, "The Art of Interruption" Sue Miller, "From a Lecture on Revision" Kim Stafford, "The Writer as Professional Eavesdropper" 17. Short Shorts Max Apple, "Roommates" Norma Elia Cantú, "TinoandPapi" Elizabeth Danson, "Lost" Alexander Fuller, "Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight" Kathleen Norris, "Rain" Maureen Stanton, "Water" Bailey White, "Buzzard" Notes on Contributors for Writing True Appendix: Resources to Know About

Product Details

ISBN:
9780618370757
Subtitle:
The Art and Craft of Creative Nonfiction
Author:
Sondra Perl and Mimi Schwartz
Author:
Perl, Lila
Author:
Schwartz, Mimi
Author:
Perl, Sondra
Publisher:
Heinle
Subject:
General
Subject:
English language
Subject:
Creative writing
Subject:
Authorship
Subject:
Composition & Creative Writing
Subject:
Higher
Subject:
General Literary Criticism & Collections
Publication Date:
20050908
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
College/higher education:
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
396
Dimensions:
7.90x5.64x.59 in. .92 lbs.
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