Creative Nonfiction: A Guide to Form, Content, and Style, with Readings - Softcover

Pollack, Eileen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1428231056 ISBN 13: 9781428231054

Publisher: Cengage Learning, 1980

Synopsis

CREATIVE NONFICTION thoroughly explains the processes that creative writers of nonfiction use in approaching their topics so students can use the techniques in many different writing situations--from first-year composition or service-learning courses to creative writing workshops, feature writing, and memoir writing. Part I covers the essentials of style, content, and form. In Part II, each chapter introduces a new form of creative nonfiction and offers samples drawn from a diverse array of essays. Exercises and prompts help students use this form in their own writing. Part II guides students in revising their drafts, both individually and collaboratively. Throughout the text, the author speaks to the reader as a fellow practitioner and coach, offering insight into what it is like to write professionally in a variety of situations.

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Review

"I'm a huge fan of Pollack's approach and have already incorporated it into my classroom, with wonderful results."

"The form method supports the process that I believe is essential in the writing of creative nonfiction: What QUESTION drives this essay?"

"This is the most original, thoughtful exposition of ways to approach creative nonfiction . . . Fresh and innovative in a landscape of readers that is increasingly redundant."

About the Author

Eileen Pollack directs one of the largest creative writing Master of Fine Arts programs in the country. She has published her fiction and nonfiction widely, most recently in BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES 2007 (ed. Stephen King) and IN THE MOUTH, her 2008 collection of stories and novellas.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Publication date: 1980
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1428231056
• ISBN 13: 9781428231054
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 424