Writing as a Second Language: From Experience to Story to Prose - Softcover

Davis, Donald

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0874835674 ISBN 13: 9780874835670

Publisher: August House Publishers, 2005

Synopsis

Award-winning author and popular storyteller Donald Davis argues that we must step back into our familiar "first" language-the spoken word-as our creative medium and learn to "translate" into that new foreign language called writing. With enough practice, writing will eventually become a second language instead of a foreign language. In this book, he lays out the method he has used successfully in countless residencies at schools across the United States, working with adults, teens, children, and teachers to help them develop their personal writing style.

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Donald Davis Bio:

Donald Davis was raised in the Great Smoky Mountains of North Carolina. He didn't realize it at the time, but he grew up in a family of gifted storytellers who passed their talent along to Donald. His legendary Uncle Frank was a front-porch storyteller of the first order and the source of many of Donald's tales. Young Davis was a capable student. He went to college and then to divinity school. For twenty years he served the Western North Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church. Then came a day when he found that he would rather tell Uncle Frank's tall tales than give another sermon. He would rather recall two old-maid sisters who abused the party line than marry one more couple. Fortunately, Davis had no trouble finding audiences: all of his former congregations lined up to book him to perform as a storyteller. He now tours the USA ten months a year, making about 300 storytelling presentations annually. He can be found in schools, at libraries, in front of conventions, and as a headliner at storytelling festivals. Davis has appeared on ABC News Nightline, and he has been a guest on National Public Radio and CNN. His books and spoken word recordings have received critical acclaim and won many awards. Davis has written ten books and recorded twenty audio recordings with August House. When Donald isn't crisscrossing the country performing his stories, he comes home to Ocracoke Island, North Carolina where he lives with his wife, Merle.

Edition details

• Publisher: August House Publishers
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0874835674
• ISBN 13: 9780874835670
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 140