Creative Nonfiction
Researching and Crafting Stories of Real Life
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Word Count
54,000 words, Guess
Page Count
216 pages
Physical Format
Paperback
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL8751843M
- ISBN-139781577663393
- ISBN-10157766339X
- OCLC Control Number57407931
- OCLC Control Numbercreativenonficti0000gera_f9v3
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- Goodreads702615
- LibraryThing372126
Classifications
- LCCPN145 .G427 2004
Description
"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."--BOOK JACKET.
First Sentence
It was late afternoon, the day before the close of the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference in Vermont, when Bob Reiss approached the lectern of the Little Theatre to give the final reading of an eleven-day marathon of readings.
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