Creative nonfiction : researching and crafting stories of real life /
"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...
| Основен автор: | Gerard, Philip. |
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| Формат: | Книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Long Grove, Ill. :
Waveland Press,
2004.
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| Подобни документи: |
Online version::
Creative nonfiction. |
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"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."--Jacket. |
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| Описание на библ. документ: |
Originally published: Cincinnati, Ohio : Story Press, 1996. |
| Физически характеристики: |
216 pages ; 23 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-210) and index. |
| ISBN: |
157766339X 9781577663393 |