Tell It Slant: Writing and Shaping Creative Nonfiction

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Overview

Creative nonfiction is the fastest-growing segment in the writing market. Yet, the majority of writing guides are geared toward poetry and fiction writers. Tell It Slant fills the gap. Designed for aspiring nonfiction writers, this much-needed reference provides practical guidance, writing exercises, and a detailed discussion of the range of subcategories that make up the genre, including memoir, travel writing, investigative reporting, and more.

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Overview

Creative nonfiction is the fastest-growing segment in the writing market. Yet, the majority of writing guides are geared toward poetry and fiction writers. Tell It Slant fills the gap. Designed for aspiring nonfiction writers, this much-needed reference provides practical guidance, writing exercises, and a detailed discussion of the range of subcategories that make up the genre, including memoir, travel writing, investigative reporting, and more.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780072512786
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies, The
  • Publication date: 8/1/2003
  • Edition description: New Edition
  • Edition number: 1
  • Pages: 464
  • Product dimensions: 6.00 (w) x 9.00 (h) x 0.69 (d)

Meet the Author

Brenda Miller has received four Pushcart Prizes for her work in creative nonfiction. Her essays have twice been selected as Notable Essays by The Best American Essays series, and her collection, Season of the Body, was a finalist for the Pen American Center Award in creative nonfiction. She is an associate professor of English at Western Washington University.

Suzanne Paola is the author of Body Toxic, a New York Times Notable Book and winner of the American Book Award. She was awarded the Brittingham Prize for her third volume of poetry, Bardo.

Table of Contents

1 The body of memory 3
2 Writing the family 17
3 "Taking place" : writing the physical world 25
4 Writing the spiritual autobiography 39
5 Gathering the threads of history 47
6 Writing the arts 53
7 Writing the larger world 61
8 The particular challenges of creative nonfiction 73
9 The personal essay 91
10 The lyric essay 105
11 The basics of personal reportage 117
12 The basics of good writing in any form 135
13 The writing process and revision 151
14 The writing group 161
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