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Storycraft : the complete guide to writing narrative nonfiction

Author: Jack Hart
Publisher: Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2011.
Series: Chicago guides to writing, editing, and publishing.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
Database: WorldCat
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A former managing editor of the "Oregonian" who guided several Pulitzer Prize-winning narratives to publication shares guidelines for writers of nonfiction that encompass such topics as story theory, scene establishment, and preparing work for submission.
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Title: Storycraft : the complete guide to writing narrative nonfiction /
Database Name: WorldCat
All Authors / Contributors: Jack Hart
ISBN: 9780226318141 (cloth : alk. paper); 0226318141 (cloth : alk. paper); 9780226318165 (pbk. : alk. paper); 0226318168 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes: Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-252) and index.
Content: Story -- Structure -- Point of view -- Voice and style -- Character -- Scene -- Action -- Dialogue -- Theme -- Reporting -- Story narratives -- Explanatory narratives -- Other narratives -- Ethics.
Description: 266 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Story -- Structure -- Point of view -- Voice and style -- Character -- Scene -- Action -- Dialogue -- Theme -- Reporting -- Story narratives -- Explanatory narratives -- Other narratives -- Ethics.
Other Titles: Complete guide to writing narrative nonfiction
Responsibility: Jack Hart.
Year: 2011.
Publisher: Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press,
Standard Numbers: LCCN: 2010032575; National Library: 015771502
Class Descriptors: LC Class No.: PN3377.5.R45; Dewey No.: 808/.066
Series: Chicago guides to writing, editing, and publishing; Variation: Chicago guides to writing, editing, and publishing.
OCLC No.: 652743778

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A former managing editor of the "Oregonian" who guided several Pulitzer Prize-winning narratives to publication shares guidelines for writers of nonfiction that encompass such topics as story theory, scene establishment, and preparing work for submission.
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