Interpretive Writing

by Alan Leftridge

Overview

The book introduces you to the strategies promoted by the National Association for Interpretation and the National Park Service for written interpretation, with a focus on developing tangibles, intangibles, universals, and interpretive themes in your writing, while avoiding trite expressions.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781879931213
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	11/15/2006
Series:	National Association for Interpretation
Pages:	132
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.34(d)

About the Author

Alan Leftridge is the editor of the National Association for Interpretation's The Interpreter magazine. Since 2002, he has conducted more than 85 interpretive writing workshops and Certified Interpretive Guide training workshops around the United States. His writing credits include more than 100 articles and editorials in interpretive magazines, as well as numerous texts for interpretive panels and brochures. He authored Going to Glacier (2006), Seeley-Swan Day Hikes (2005), and Glacier Day Hikes (2003). Alan lives south of Glacier National Park in the Swan Valley, Montana. Before moving to Montana, he spent 25 years teaching interpretation and environmental studies courses at Miami University, Ohio, and Humboldt State University in California. His introduction to interpretation was as a seasonal interpreter in Yellowstone National Park.

Table of Contents

Contents
Foreword
Preface
Chapter 1 Backstory
Chapter 2 Writing Styles
Chapter 3 A Communication Model
Chapter 4 What is Interpretive Writing?
Chapter 5 The Writing Process
Chapter 6 The Interpreting Writing Process
Chapter 7 Guidelines for Interpretive Writers
Chapter 8 Know Your Audience
Chapter 9 Fluency and Readability
Chapter 10 Media Variations
Chapter 11 Capturing Your Reader
Chapter 12 Titles and Leads
Chapter 13 Passive and Active Language
Chapter 14 Figures of Speech
Chapter 15 Challenges to Agency Writing
Chapter 16 Show and Tell
Chapter 17 Alliteration and Poetry
Chapter 18 Evaluating Interpretive Writing
Chapter 19 Writing for the Web
Chapter 20 What to Avoid
Chapter 21 Writing for Children
Chapter 22 The Editing Process
Chapter 23 A Final Note
Bibliography
Index
About the Author