Tell It Slant: Writing and Shaping Creative Nonfiction
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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.com and author of Writing and Publishing Personal Essays When 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. Artistic truth offers a depth and vibrancy that goes beyond the everyday. But how do we, as writers, move beyond cold fact to create elegant nonfiction that makes the most of our individual “slant” on the world we live in?The award-winning authors of Tell It Slant stretch your writing muscles as they reveal the specialized art of creative nonfiction. Whether you are writing a memoir or researched essays, the authors will guide you along your journey, using intensive instruction and an abundance of writing exercises to show you how to: Gain access to your own memories Look for material outside of yourself Address ethical issues when writing about other people Tackle (and enjoy) background research Avoid clichés and discover fresh language And keep the passion of writing aliveBrenda 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.
1The body of memory32Writing the family173"Taking place" : writing the physical world254Writing the spiritual autobiography395Gathering the threads of history476Writing the arts537Writing the larger world618The particular challenges of creative nonfiction739The personal essay9110The lyric essay10511The basics of personal reportage11712The basics of good writing in any form13513The writing process and revision15114The writing group161
