Sentences with phrase «nonfiction writers do»

Many new nonfiction writers don't even Google their subject to find out how many similar books are out there.

To put it another way, creative nonfiction writers do not make things up; they make ideas and information that already exist more interesting and, often, more accessible» - Lee Gutkind

Not exact matches

But I do think that the best nonfiction writers working today approach their subjects with the same fearlessness and unorthodoxy and humor and personal investment that were all critical components of «gonzo.»

Tracey Maurer, writer of over 100 nonfiction books, talked with students about how she does research, works with a publisher, and comes up with ideas for her texts.

Granta does a really nice job of focusing on one country and finding young fiction and nonfiction writers from there and dedicating an entire issue to them.

So just how does copyright work to the benefit of nonfiction writers, writers for whom the substance of their work is in the facts?

If you've ever been told to «show, don't tell» and wondered how, this is the book for you (and all writers of fiction, creative nonfiction, memoir and essays).

Novelists can study the speaker line - up for writer and genre conferences, while nonfiction authors can do the same for industry or topic - related events.

Fiction writers have a harder time providing useful / relevant information, which is something nonfiction authors can do much more easily.

And if you're a fiction writer, you'll learn to write better nonfiction and advertising copy, which you're going to have to do when you're marketing your books anyway.

BOSTROM: Do you, as a writer of both fiction and nonfiction, have a preference for writing one over the other?

I'm a writer first, and to me, that means all the writerly things I do and have done from the old Star Wars book to new fiction I'm writing (from the romance short to the Diving universe to the historical mystery I just finished for the next Lawrence Block antho) to this blog and all the nonfiction.

There are no rules, laws, or specific prescriptions dictating what you can or can't do as a creative nonfiction writer.

Most creative nonfiction writers will refrain from imagining and reporting that which did not happen, even in transitions, but Berendt was making the experience easier for himself and more enjoyable for his readers, a process he called «rounding the corners.»

While nonfiction authors might be rightly concerned with traffic to their site (as a part of their platform — overall visibility and reach), novelists, poets, and other creative writers should probably treat their site as a critical tool underpinning career - long marketing and promotion efforts, but not necessarily as an end in itself — unless you're generating content, blogging, or doing something to attract attention, which we're about to discuss.

Over and over again, she and the other contributors stress the importance of reading good work, as well as writing it, and the aspiring poet, novelist, journalist, essayist, creative nonfiction writer — or simply curious reader who relishes good writing — could do no better than to begin with In Fact.

It's hard if you are writing fiction and nonfiction because you kind of have a bifurcated platform, and a lot of writers who do this end up trying to build up their two separate platforms individually.

How do nonfiction writers create?

If you're a creative writer (novels, nonfiction, essays, poetry, etc), you don't need to officially register for copyright with the Copyright Office unless you plan to self - publish and / or sell your work.

CNF: Do you have any final words for the conference attendees, or for other practicing writers of creative nonfiction, who will be reading this interview?

I didn't write it, but despite the title, it's a darned helpful book, especially for nonfiction writers.)

CNF: Do you have any other words for the conference attendees, or other practicing writers of creative nonfiction, who will be reading this interview?

I don't know if there is a special connection between womens» voices and the genre of creative nonfiction, but I do know there was a spontaneous connection between the women represented in this issue and the womens» organizations which provided support for this Emerging Women Writers issue — and Creative Nonfiction.

Writers who choose to take their novels and their nonfiction books into traditional publishing are choosing to give their careers to the «tastemakers» who sometimes make their decisions based on their prejudices, their «understanding» of a marketplace that (in reality) does not exist, and who will do their best to destroy anyone who questions them.

Last week Stephanie Chandler invited me to do a presentation for the Nonfiction Writer's Conference, an online event featuring lots of speakers on topics of interest to self - publishers and nonfiction authors.

(I do have to put a big asterisk on this, however: I'm speaking primarily of creative writers and storytellers, not non-narrative nonfiction writers.