Write choices : elements of nonfiction storytelling / Sue Hertz, University of New Hampshire.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hertz, Sue, author.

Series:

Sage knowledge.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Narration (Rhetoric)--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Narration (Rhetoric).

Authorship--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Authorship.

Storytelling--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Storytelling.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (231 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Los Angeles : SAGE/CQ Press, [2016]

Summary:

Developing narrative nonfiction writers at any stage of their career Write Choices: Elements of Nonfiction Storytelling helps writers cultivate their nonfiction storytelling skills by exploring the universal decisions writers confront when crafting factual narratives. Rather than isolating various forms of narrative nonfiction into categories or genres, Sue Hertz focuses on examining the common choices all true storytellers encounter, whether they are writing memoir, literary journalism, personal essays, or travel stories. Write Choices also includes digital storytelling. No longer confined to paper, today's narrative nonfiction writers must learn to write for electronic media, which may also demand photos, videos, and/or audio. Integrating not only her own insights and experience as a journalist, nonfiction book author, and writing instructor, but also those of other established nonfiction storytellers, ...

Contents:

chapter 1. What's the big idea?

chapter 2. What's the form?

chapter 3. What's the content?

chapter 4. What's the focus?

chapter 5. What's the structure?

chapter 6. What are the components?

chapter 7. Pulling it all together.

Notes:

Part of the SAGE Knowledge collection.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-220) and index.

Description based on MARC record for print version.

Other Format:

Print version :

ISBN:

9781483395531 (ebook) :

OCLC:

995301520

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.