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Books about Writing Nonfiction (top)
  • Cheney, Theodore A. Rees Writing Creative Nonfiction. Writers Digest Books 0-89879-255-X
  • Epstein, Joseph, ed. The Norton Book of Personal Essays. W. W. Norton.
  • Fadiman, Anne and Atwan, eds. The Best American Essays 2003. Houghton Mifflin.
  • Fadiman, Anne and Atwan, eds. The Best American Essays of the Century. Houghton Mifflin.
  • Lopate, Phillip, ed. The Art of the Personal Essay: An Anthology From the Classical Era to the Present. Anchor Books.
  • Writers Digest Book List
Creative Nonfiction (top)
  • Creative nonfiction is true stories written in a literary style using dialogue, scenes, story telling and other techniques used by poets and fiction writers.
  • The subject matter is dramatic, or important, covering all ranges of human life and experience.
  • The style is like essay writing but as Lee Gutkind says, “It allows a writer to employ the diligence of a reporter, the shifting voices and viewpoints of a novelist, the refined wordplay of a poet and the analytical modes of the essayist.”
  • Creative nonfiction also appeals to a varied and large readership because it deals its themes in a universal way.
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Books about Creative Nonfiction

  • Cheney, Theodore A. Rees. Writing Creative Nonfiction. How to use fiction techniques  to make your nonfiction more interesting, dramatic and vivid.
  • Forché, Carolyn & Gerard, Philip, eds. Writing Creative Nonfiction. Instruction and insights from the teachers of associated writing programs.
  • Miller, Brenda & Paola, Suzanne. Tell it Slant. Writing and shaping creative nonfiction.
  • Rubie, Peter. Telling the Story. How to write and sell narrative nonfiction.

     
Journalism (top)
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Memoir, Journal-keeping, Personal stories (top)
Q. What is the difference between an autobiography and a memoir?
A. Some put them in the same category, however most publishers define them according to the time covered by the writing. Usually a memoir covers one part or aspect of the author's life, but an autobiography is the complete story of their life.

Books

  • Barrington, Judith. Writing the Memoir: From Truth to Art.
  • Bouton, Eldonna. Journaling from the Heart.
  • Budd, Luann. Journal Keeping: Writing for Spiritual Growth.
  • Eakin, Paul John, Ed. The Ethics of Life Writing.)
  • Klug, Ron. How to Keep a Spiritual Journal: A Guide to Journal Keeping for Inner Growth and Personal Discovery.
  • Myers, Linda Joy, Ph.D. Becoming Whole: Writing Your Healing Story. “In Part III, "Writing the Memoir," Linda presents a crash course in the elements of creative writing, organizing a memoir, making stories come alive, researching relevant settings and cultures, and how to enrich one's story by adding details from court records, newspaper archives, interviews with relatives and friends, phone books and genealogies. The last chapter, "Bringing Your Memoir Into the World," presents issues around the decision to publish (or not), rewriting, enhancing and fictionalizing, disguising identities, obtaining consents, hiring an editor, publishing options and resources, advances, royalties, publicity and promotional alternatives.”
  • Murdock, Maureen. Unreliable Truth.
  • Neubauer, Joan R. From Memories to Manuscript: The Five-Step Method of Writing Your Life Story.
  • Peace, Richard. Spiritual Journaling: Recording Your Journey Toward God.
  • Rainer, Tristine. Your Life As Story: Discovering the "New Autobiography" and Writing Memoir As Literature.
  • Roorbach, Bill. Writing Life Stories.
  • Zinsser, William. Inventing the Truth : The Art and Craft of Memoir.
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