Writing Creative Nonfiction

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• By shifting what facts you know, you see the character in a different context—in both cases, every piece of information was a fact.

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• Writers of creative nonfiction need to think especially carefully about narrative perspective—what point of view do you imagine that story being told from, and why?

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• The words we choose and the way we put those words together create the voice of the implied author. That voice does not have to be your voice.

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self-and-identity

• The risk of linking writing and stress is that if we connect that turmoil to our identity as writers, we can create blocks that last long after the problem has been solved.

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work-as-meaning

• After you account for talent and imagination, writing really does come down to hard work and perseverance.

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• Learning to write a proposal is an invaluable skill for a beginning nonfiction writer—it allows a writer to show off skills, ideas, and research.

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