Tell It Slant: Writing and Shaping Creative Nonfiction - Softcover

Miller, Brenda; Paola, Suzanne

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0072512784 ISBN 13: 9780072512786

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education, 2003

Synopsis

Demonstrating the range of creative nonfiction from memoir to travel writing to the lyric essay, Tell It Slant combines practical guidance with an illustrative anthology of 34 essays from Margaret Atwood, David Sedaris, E.B. White, Virginia Woolf, and others. The result is a stimulating collection of writing and activities that makes it easy and enjoyable for students to begin to write and to try new modes of writing.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

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 alive

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About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0072512784
• ISBN 13: 9780072512786
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 464