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From: Elizabeth Partridge <ep>
Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2002 08:06:43 -0800
Glad to see people getting so steamed up about non-fiction!
One of the problems with "creative" non-fiction is the root word of
"create." In good, solid, creative non-fiction nothing is "made-up" or
"imagined," it's just creatively arranged and expressed.
Check out Susan Campbell Bartoletti's new non-fiction book, _Black Potatoes: The Story of the Great Irish Famine, 184550_. The book is sweeping the awards this year (Sibert, Orbis Pictus, and Golden Kite Non-fiction) because it's a great example of a book using creative non-fiction techniques -vivid writing, telling, truthful details, and a powerful narrative style.
My bible for doing this kind of writing is Jon Franklin's book, _Writing for Story: Craft Secrets of Dramatic Nonfiction by a Two-Time Pulitzer Prize Winner_.
Elizabeth Partridge www.elizabethpartridge.com
Received on Wed 03 Apr 2002 10:06:43 AM CST
Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2002 08:06:43 -0800
Glad to see people getting so steamed up about non-fiction!
One of the problems with "creative" non-fiction is the root word of
"create." In good, solid, creative non-fiction nothing is "made-up" or
"imagined," it's just creatively arranged and expressed.
Check out Susan Campbell Bartoletti's new non-fiction book, _Black Potatoes: The Story of the Great Irish Famine, 184550_. The book is sweeping the awards this year (Sibert, Orbis Pictus, and Golden Kite Non-fiction) because it's a great example of a book using creative non-fiction techniques -vivid writing, telling, truthful details, and a powerful narrative style.
My bible for doing this kind of writing is Jon Franklin's book, _Writing for Story: Craft Secrets of Dramatic Nonfiction by a Two-Time Pulitzer Prize Winner_.
Elizabeth Partridge www.elizabethpartridge.com
Received on Wed 03 Apr 2002 10:06:43 AM CST
