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Writing for Story: Craft Secrets of Dramatic Nonfiction

Paperback • 1994 • English

Writing for Story: Craft Secrets of Dramatic Nonfiction

By Jonathan Franklin

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About the book

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 lite...Show more

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9780452272958

Publisher

Plume Books

Published year

1994

Language

English

Original title

Writing for Story: Craft Secrets of Dramatic Nonfiction

Format

Paperback

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