Writing for Story: Craft Secrets of Dramatic Nonfiction by a Two-time Pulitzer Prize WinnerIt's the new nonfiction: the creative hybrid combining the readability and excitement of fiction with the best of expository prose; the innovative genre that has been awarded virtually every Pulitzer Prize for literary journalism since 1979. In this book, an undisputed master of the great American nonfiction short story shares his secrets. |
Contents
PREFACE | xv |
The New School for Writers | 21 |
Mrs Kellys Monster | 28 |
Copyright | |
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