Title
Writing the personal [electronic resource] : getting your stories onto the page / Sandra L. Faulkner and Sheila Squillante.
ISBN
9789463003841 (electronic book)
9463003843 (electronic book)
9789463003827
9789463003834
Publication Details
Rotterdam : SensePublishers, ©2016.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource.
Item Number
10.1007/978-94-6300-384-1 doi
Call Number
PN181
Dewey Decimal Classification
808.02071
370
Summary
The Teaching Writing series publishes user-friendly writing guides penned by authors with publishing records in their subject matter. Through detailed exercises, exemplars, and a breakdown of the key elements and considerations of personal writing, Faulkner and Squillante provide a lively introduction and guide for writers to the art and craft of personal writing. Their conversational tone about audience, point of view, form, structure, ethics, research, and finding and making time for writing practice is a not-to-miss primer and reference. This book is appropriate for classes focused on poetry, creative nonfiction, ethnography, qualitative research, memoir, narrative inquiry, and other types of life writing, as well as individual writers honing their craft. Writing the Personal invites us all to find our stories and instructs us how to shape them for an audience and for ourselves. ℓ́ℓWriting the Personal is the ideal book for anyone interested in exploring his or her life through writing. It is a must-read for any writer serious about deepening her understanding of craft.ℓ́ℓ ℓ́ℓ Kate Hopper, author of Ready for Air and Use Your Words and co-author of Silent Running ℓ́ℓA focus on techniques makes this a useful book to read straight through or equally to dip in and out of according to your personal tastes. However you come to the recipes offered in this clever cookbook, youℓ́ℓre sure to enjoy the feast inside.ℓ́ℓ ℓ́ℓ Stacy Holman Jones and Anne Harris, co-authors of Writing for Performance ℓ́ℓFaulkner and Squillante seamlessly collaborate to each bring their unique and varied writing backgrounds and academic credentials to this text to create a unique and invaluable book.ℓ́ℓ ℓ́ℓ Bernadette Marie Calafell, University of Denver, author of Monstrosity, Performance and Race in Contemporary Culture ℓ́ℓFaulkner and Squillante are skillful, honest, and generous teachers of the craft.ℓ́ℓ ℓ́ℓ Dinty W. Moore, author of The Mindful Writer: Noble Truths of the Writing Life ℓ́ℓIn this innovative and inspiring book, Faulkner and Squillante offer practical advice about writing personal stories.ℓ́ℓ ℓ́ℓ Tony E. Adams, Northeastern Illinois University Sandra L. Faulkner teaches, writes poetry, and researches about close relationships at Bowling Green State University in NW Ohio. Sheila Squillante is a poet and essayist living in Pittsburgh and teaching in the MFA program at Chatham University.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references.
Access Note
Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description
Description based on print version record.
Series
Teaching writing ; volume 1.
Acknowledgements
Writing Considerations (Writing Is)
Writing Is
Questions and Exercises for Your Writing Practice
Form and Structure (Scaffolding & Mortar)
Scaffolding & Mortar
Questions and Exercises for Your Writing Practice
Craft and Process (Now & Later)
Now & Later
Questions and Exercises for Your Writing Practice
Audience, Persona and Point of View (The Point of You)
The Point of You
Voice: That Thing with Which We Sing
Persona: Which You Are You?
Point of View: To See from Here
Questions and Exercises for Your Writing Practice
Ethics and the Personal (Dialogue & Consequences)
Ethics and the Personal: An Interactive Model
Dialogue & Consequences
Questions and Exercises for Your Writing Practice
Incorporating Research into Writing (Writing=Research=Writing)
Writing=Research=Writing
Research as Veracity, Interest, and Form
Questions and Exercises for Your Writing Practice
Epilogue
References
About the Authors.
