| Writing for Story: Craft Secrets of Dramatic Nonfiction Contributor(s): Franklin, Jon (Author) |
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ISBN: 0452272955 ISBN-13: 9780452272958 Publisher: Plume Books OUR PRICE: $16.15 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 1994 Annotation: Jon Franklin, an undisputed master of the great American nonfiction short story, shares the secrets of his success. This lively, easy-to-follow guide combines readability and excitement with the best of expository prose and illuminates the techniques that beginning journalists will find to be immensely helpful. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Reference - Language Arts & Disciplines | Writing - General - Language Arts & Disciplines | Style Manuals |
| Dewey: 808.066 |
| LCCN: 86063378 |
| Series: Reference |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.3" W x 7.9" (0.55 lbs) 288 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The new nonfiction--the adaptation of storytelling techniques to journalistic articles in the manner of Truman Capote, Tom Wolfe, and John McPhee--is an innovative genre that has been awarded virtually every Pulitzer Prize for literary journalism since 1979. And now Jon Franklin, himself a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and undisputed master of the great American nonfiction short story, shares the secrets of his success. Franklin shows how to make factual pieces come alive by applying the literary techniques of complication/resolution, flashback, foreshadowing, and pace. He illustrates his points with a close analysis and annotation of two of his most acclaimed stories, so that the reader can see, step-by-step, just how they were created. This lively, easy-to-follow guid combines readability and excitement with the best of expository prose and illuminates the techniques that beginning journalists--and more experienced ones, too--will find immensely helpful:
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