Elements of Narrative Nonfiction How to Write and Sell the Novel of True Events

Name: Elements of Narrative Nonfiction How to Write and Sell the Novel of True Events
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ISBN: 9781884956911

ISBN-10: 1884956912

ISBN-13: 9781884956911

Edition: 2008

Authors: Peter Rubie

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Name some of the huge bestselling books over the yearsIn Cold Blood,All the President's Men,The Perfect Storm,Indecent Exposure,Black Hawk Down,Longitude,Jarheadand they all have one thing in common, they all read like novels. Author and agent Peter Rubie shows the reader how to join journalistic research with riveting, character-driven prose to create what is called narrative nonfiction. This is the only book to focus on writing and marketing the narrative nonfiction "novel."

Book details

List price: $15.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Quill Driver Books
Publication date: 1/1/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 287
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



Introduction



Narrative Nonfiction: The New Genre



Dramatic License?



Searching, Searching: Discovering a Subject



Researching Your Subject



Order Out of Chaos: Building the Skeleton of the Book



Writing the Book: Flesh and Blood on the Bones



Find an Agent or Submit Directly?



Who Do You Know? What Can You Do? Marketing and Promotion



Writing a Book Proposal


Sample Book Proposals


A Highly Opinionated and Totally Subjective Reading List


Notes


Index


About the Author