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Keep It Real: Everything You Need to Know About Researching and Writing Creative Nonfiction
Keep It Real Everything You Need to Know About Researching and Writing Creative Nonfiction
The one guide every creative nonfiction writer needs to turn to when being "creative." — Writers of memoir and narrative nonfiction are experiencing difficult days with the discovery that some well-known works in the genre contain exaggerations?or are partially fabricated. But what are the parameters of creative nonfiction? Keep It Real...  more » begins by defining creative nonfiction. Then it explores the flexibility of the form?the liberties and the boundaries that allow writers to be as truthful, factual, and artful as possible. A succinct but rich compendium of ideas, terms, and techniques, Keep It Real will clarify the ins and outs of writing creative nonfiction. Starting with the acknowledgement of sources, then running through fact-checking, metaphor, and navel gazing, and ending with writers' responsibilities to their subjects, this book provides all the information writers need to write with verve while remaining true to their story.
ISBN-13: 9780393065619
ISBN-10: 0393065618
Publication Date: 3/10/2008
Pages: 160
Edition: 1
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Publisher: W. W. Norton
Book Type: Hardcover
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