Creative Nonfiction by Philip Gerard
Researching and Crafting Stories of Real Life
Covers everything from getting assignments, conducting stirring interviews, working with editors, how to go "where the story lives" to experience the first-hand emotional fact like sights, smells, and sounds, that will give your story immediacy.
Creative Nonfiction by Philip Gerard
First trade paperback printing
Condition: Very good plus, light edge wear, slight bottom corner crease, price sticker on rear cover. Softcover. More pictures of this book available upon request.
Publishing Info: Story Press, Cincinnati, 1998
ISBN: 9781884910432
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.
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