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Writing True : The Art and Craft of Creative Nonfiction by Mimi Schwartz and Sondra Perl (2005, Perfect)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherCengage Learning
ISBN-100618370757
ISBN-139780618370757
eBay Product ID (ePID)52039297
Product Key Features
Number of Pages416 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameWriting True : the Art and Craft of Creative Nonfiction
Publication Year2005
SubjectLanguage Experience Approach, General, Rhetoric, Readers
TypeTextbook
AuthorMimi Schwartz, Sondra Perl
Subject AreaLanguage Arts & Disciplines, Education, Literary Collections
FormatPerfect
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight14.7 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN2005-926851
Dewey Edition22
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal808.02
Table Of ContentI. Writing Creative Nonfiction1. Why Creative Nonfiction?2. The Power of the Notebook3. Ten Ways to a Draft4. Taking Shape5. Finding VoiceTwenty Ways to Talk about Creative Nonfiction6. Workshopping a Draft7. The Craft of Revision8. A Lighter Touch--or Other Ways to Tell a Story9. The Role of Research10. The Ethics of Creative NonfictionII. Reading Creative NonfictionA Preface to Our Anthology11. MemoirLisa Chavez, "Independence Day, Manley Hot Springs, AlaskaTony Earley, "Somehow Form a FamilyNora Ephron, "A Word About BreastsDavid Sedaris, "Let It SnowAlice Walker, "Beauty: When the Other Dancer Is the Self12. Personal EssayGerald N. Callahan, "ChimeraBrian Doyle, "Being BriansEric Liu, "Notes of a Native SpeakerScott Russell Sanders, "Under the InfluenceKandi Tayebi, "Warring MemoriesConnie Wieneke, "Snakebit13. PortraitLi-Young Lee, from The Winged SeedCharles Simic, "Dinner at Uncle Boris'Alice Steinbach, "The Miss Dennis School of WritingSusan Allen Toth, "Going to the Movies14. Essay of PlaceGretel Ehrlich, "IslandDagoberto Gilb, "Living al ChucoGretchen Legler, "Moments of Being: An Antarctic QuintetColson Whitehead, "The Port Authority15. Literary JournalismAnne Fadiman, "Do Doctors Eat Brains?Tracy Kidder, from Among SchoolchildrenSusan Orlean, "Meet the Shaggs16. Stories of CraftPatricia Hampl, "On Memory and ImaginationSteven Harvey, "The Art of InterruptionSue Miller, "From a Lecture on RevisionKim Stafford, "The Writer as Professional Eavesdropper17. Short ShortsMax Apple, "RoommatesNorma Elia Cantú, "Tino & PapiElizabeth Danson, "LostAlexander Fuller, "Don't Let's Go to the Dogs TonightKathleen Norris, "RainMaureen Stanton, "WaterBailey White, "BuzzardNotes on Contributors for Writing TrueAppendix: Resources to Know About
SynopsisThis 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.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's own and others'--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 common vocabulary essential in workshop settings.In their coverage on using visuals and combining genres, the authors provide guidance on how to incorporate humor and images as well as other genres such as collage and graphic memoir.The authors cover the difficult, controversial ethical questions involved in writing creative nonfiction, such as: "Where is the line between fact and fiction? What are the ethics of creative nonfiction? How can we best handle writing about people we know?", 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.
LC Classification NumberPE1408.P43728 2006
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