Tell It Slant, Second Edition
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| Rating | : | 4.98 (793 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0071781773 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-06-16 |
| Language | : | English |
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McGraw-Hill authors represent the leading experts in their fields and are dedicated to improving the lives, careers, and interests of readers worldwideBrenda Miller is a professor of English at Western Washington University and serves as editor in chief of the Bellingham Review. Awards for her books Body Toxic: An Environmental Memoir (2001) and A Mind Apart (2005), include a New York Times Notable Book, an American Book Awa
About the Author McGraw-Hill authors represent the leading experts in their fields and are dedicated to improving the lives, careers, and interests of readers worldwideBrenda Miller is a professor of English at Western Washington University and serves as editor in chief of the Bellingham Review. Her work has received five Pushcart Prizes.Suzanne Paola is a professor at Western Washington University. Awards for her books Body Toxic: An Environmental Memoir (2001) and A Mind Apart (2005), include a New York Times Notable Book, an American Book Award winner, a Library Journal Best Science book of the year, an Elle
You will learn how to find a distinctive voice, use prompts to get started and keep writing, discover stories in impossible places, tackle (and enjoy) background research, and more.This second edition includes a new chapter on publication--print, digital; an update on “The Particular Challenges of Creative Nonfiction” chapter to include references to James Frey and other controversies regarding nonfiction ethics; and an expanded resource section and bibliography.. Whether you are writing a memoir or researched essay, the award-winning authors will guide you along the journey, using intensive instruction and an abundance of writing exercises. Five stars for Tell It Slant An enlightening, comprehensive, and very satisfying text on writing and shaping creative nonfiction."--Sheila Bender, editor and publisher of writingitreal and author of Writing and Publishing Personal EssaysWhen the poet Emily Dickinson wrote, "Tell all the Truth but tell it Slant," she provided today’s writers of creative nonfiction some sound advice: tell the truth but don’t become mere transcribers of day-to-day life
From the guy who buys anything with the words creative nonfiction stamped on it This is a about memoirs and personal essays. I read the words creative nonfiction on the cover and thought it was covering different territory, more like Story Craft by Jack Hart, Gutkind's You Can't Make this Stuff Up, Follow the Story by James Stewart, or Barry Newman's News to Me.Future memoirist? You are in the right place - good pick. Want to know how to write other kinds of creative nonfiction? Keep moving.. Go on Figment.com if you want the same FREE advice Everything in this book teenagers could and have told me before.. "Five Stars" according to Amazon Customer. good read