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Crafting The Personal Essay: A Guide For Writing And Publishing Creative Nonfiction (2010)

by Dinty W. Moore(Favorite Author)

3.79 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1582977968 (ISBN13: 9781582977966)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Writer's Digest Books

review 1: I had a very mixed reaction to this book. It's pretty comprehensive, which I like, but on the other hand, I felt that Moore draws too rigid of boundaries between different kinds of creative nonfiction. For example, the book is divided into chapters on memoirs, travel writing, nature writing, lyric essays, etc., boundaries which real writers rarely use. I also felt that he was a bit rigid and unrealistic in some of the advice he gives (such as telling readers not to do any revision until they have a complete first draft). On the other hand, he provides some good exercises and also excellent recommendations for further reading. I also want to mention that when I got my copy, it was $1.99 for Kindle. (I don't even have a Kindle, but I did download the free Kindle app from ... moreAmazon.) So if you want to check it out, see if it's still at that price and you won't have much to lose if you don't like it.
review 2: I first became acquainted with Dinty Moore's writing in the book 'The Accidental Buddhist'. I loved his writing style and I followed along on my own cloud of bliss as I read his words. With that experience in mind, I wanted to read this book in the hopes that it would impart useful information for essay writing. Unfortunately, I felt that the book drifted off into places that seemed superfluous. For example, after muddling along and reading a certain author's essays and learning about their writing style, I was then told that I probably wouldn't want to write in their style. Well, why did I just expend those ten minutes reading about their writing style?I wasn't engaged with this book, but I made my way to the end. I wish I could say that I had a number of take aways, but I don't. On to the next book... less

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