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Preface | |
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About the Author | |
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About Creative Nonfiction | |
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True Stories, Innovative Forms | |
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Basic Forms of Creative Nonfiction | |
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The Art of Narrative | |
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The Narrative Craft | |
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The Truth of the Matter | |
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Curiosity and Passion: The Indispensable Tools | |
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What Makes Nonfiction Creative? | |
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A Way of Seeing | |
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More than "Just the Facts" | |
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Creative Nonfiction versus Standard Journalism: An Illustration | |
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Honesty, Memory, and the Stranger in the Room | |
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Writing Prompts: What Is Creative Nonfiction? | |
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Building Blocks of Creative Nonfiction | |
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Building Blocks of Creative Nonfiction: Detail and Description | |
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Detail and Description | |
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Specific and Particular | |
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"Injection," | |
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Revising for Detail and Description | |
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Writing Prompts: Detail and Description | |
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Building Blocks of Creative Nonfiction: Characterization and Scene | |
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Characterization through Dialogue | |
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"A Dramatic Dogalog," | |
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Characterization through Action | |
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"Drink It," | |
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Scene: Letting the Facts Speak for Themselves | |
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Revising for Scene | |
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Writing Prompts: Characterization through Dialogue | |
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Writing Prompts: Characterization through Action | |
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Building Blocks of Creative Nonfiction: Distinctive Voice and Intimate Point of View | |
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Distinctive Voice | |
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"Pop Art," | |
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Intimate Point of View | |
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"Sunday," | |
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Revising for Voice and Point of View | |
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Writing Prompts: Distinctive Voice and Intimate Point of View | |
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Building Blocks of Creative Nonfiction: Discovery | |
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What You "Make of It" | |
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"Solstice," | |
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"Tino & Papi," | |
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Discovery and Details | |
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Revising for Discovery | |
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Writing Prompts: Discovery | |
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From Building Blocks to Complete Essay | |
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The Memoir Essay | |
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Examining the Memoir Essay | |
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"Genesis," | |
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"Thumb-Sucking Girl," | |
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Writing Your Own Memoir Essay | |
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But "Who Cares?" | |
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Writing Prompts: Memoir | |
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The Literary Journalism Essay | |
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Examining the Literary Journalism Essay | |
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"Hope," | |
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From "Where Worlds Collide," | |
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Writing Your Own Literary Journalism Essay | |
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Writing Prompts: Literary Journalism | |
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The Personal Essay | |
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Examining the Personal Essay | |
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"The Meadow" | |
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"In Bed" | |
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Writing Your Own Personal Essay | |
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Writing Prompts: Personal Essay | |
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Revision and Narrative Structure | |
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On Serious Revision | |
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Revision and Narrative Structure | |
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Braiding | |
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Collage | |
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Frame | |
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Other Strategies | |
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Writing Prompts: Narrative Structure | |
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The Anthology | |
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The Brief Essay | |
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"Alive" | |
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"You'll Love the Way We Fly" | |
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"Dumber Than" | |
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"The Stories Tell the Land" | |
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The Conventional Length Essay | |
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"Notes of a Native Son" | |
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"Out There" | |
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"Silent Dancing" | |
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"Living Like Weasels" | |
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"Somehow Form a Family" | |
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"What They Don't Tell You About Hurricanes" | |
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"Mirrorings" | |
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"Difficult Decisions" | |
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"Reading History to My Mother" | |
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"The Courage of Turtles" | |
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"Where Worlds Collide" | |
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"Biography of a Dress" | |
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"Brothers" | |
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"The Search for Marvin Gardens" | |
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"Three Pokes of a Thistle" | |
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"Buckeye" | |
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"The Drama Bug" | |
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"The Knife" | |
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"42 Tattoos" | |
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"Mother Tongue" | |
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"The Clan of One-Breasted Women" | |
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Essays on the Craft of Creative Nonfiction | |
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"Seeing" | |
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"Making the Truth Believable" | |
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"Toward a Definition of Creative Nonfiction" | |
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"Memoir? Fiction? Where's the Line?" | |
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Notes on the Authors | |
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Credits | |
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Index | |