Crafting the Personal Essay by Dinty W. Moore - ISBN: 9781582977966
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The personal essay, of course, stems from the ‘personal’ thoughts and experiences of the writer, but ultimately the essay (like all literary writing) must transcend the merely private to become universal. How is this done? This title shows readers how to write nine different types of personal essays.

Crafting the Personal Essay

A Guide for Writing and Publishing Creative Non-Fiction

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    272 pages

  • Release Date

    8 September 2010

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Summary

Award winning essayist Scott Russell Sanders once compared the art of essay writing to “the pursuit of mental rabbits”—a rambling through thickets of thought in search of some brief glimmer of fuzzy truth. While some people persist in the belief that essays are stuffy and antiquated, the truth is that the personal essay is an ever-changing creative medium that provides an ideal vehicle for satisfying the human urge to document truths as we experience them and share them with others—to capture…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781582977966
ISBN-10:1582977968
Author:Dinty W. Moore
Publisher:F&W Publications Inc
Imprint:Writer's Digest Books
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:272
Release Date:8 September 2010
Weight:313g
Dimensions:209mm x 136mm x 18mm
About The Author

Dinty W. Moore

Dinty W. Moore earned a BA in writing from the University of Pittsburgh, worked briefly as a journalist, and also served short stints as a documentary filmmaker, modern dance performer, zookeeper, and Greenwich Village waiter. It was only after failing at each of these professions that he went on to earn an MFA in fiction writing from Louisiana State University. He has guest taught creative nonfiction seminars across the United States and in Europe. In addition to editing the internet journal, Brevity , he is on the editorial board of Creative Nonfiction and is coordinating editor for the annual anthology Best Creative Nonfiction (W.W. Norton). Moore teaches writing at Ohio University and serves on the Board of Directors of The Association of Writers & Writing Programs.

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