Creative nonfiction is the fastest-growing segment in the writing market. Yet, the majority of writing guides are geared toward poetry and fiction writers. Tell It Slant fills the gap. Designed for aspiring nonfiction writers, this much-needed reference provides practical guidance, writing exercises, and a detailed discussion of the range of subcategories that make up the genre, including memoir, travel writing, investigative reporting, and more.

Tell It Slant: Writing and Shaping Creative Nonfiction

Miller,Brenda

Paola,Suzanne

Business & Money

McGraw=Hill

Five stars for Tell It Slant ... An enlightening, comprehensive, and very satisfying text on writing and shaping creative nonfiction." --Sheila Bender, editor and publisher of writingitreal.com and author of Writing and Publishing Personal Essays When the poet Emily Dickinson wrote, "Tell all the Truth but tell it Slant," she provided today’s writers of creative nonfiction some sound advice: tell the truth but don’t become mere transcribers of day-to-day life. Whether you are writing a memoir or researched essay, the award-winning authors will guide you along the journey, using intensive instruction and an abundance of writing exercises. You will learn how to find a distinctive voice, use prompts to get started and keep writing, discover stories in impossible places, tackle (and enjoy) background research, and more. This second edition includes a new chapter on publication--print, digital; an update on “The Particular Challenges of Creative Nonfiction” chapter to include references to James Frey and other controversies regarding nonfiction ethics; and an expanded resource section and bibliography.

Tell It Slant, Second Edition

Biographies & Memoirs

Professionals & Academics

McGraw–Hill Education

Demonstrating the range of creative nonfiction from memoir to travel writing to the lyric essay, Tell It Slant combines practical guidance with an illustrative anthology of 34 essays from Margaret Atwood, David Sedaris, E.B. White, Virginia Woolf, and others. The result is a stimulating collection of writing and activities that makes it easy and enjoyable for students to begin to write and to try new modes of writing.

Literature & Fiction

McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages

A Braided Heart: Essays on Writing and Form (Writers On Writing)

A Braided Heart provides a friendly, personal, and smart guide to the writing life. It also offers clear and original instruction on craft elements at the forefront of today's emerging forms in creative nonfiction: from the short-short, to the braided form, to the hermit crab essay. An acknowledged expert in these forms, Brenda Miller gives writers practical advice on how to sustain and invigorate their writing practice, while also encouraging readers to explore their own writing lives. "Brenda&nbsp;Miller&nbsp;writes so beautifully in these lyrical and 'braided' essays--personal meditations that take us deep into the miracle of writing itself.&nbsp;Her eye is always alert, her ear wonderfully tuned to the nuances of perception. The art of the essay is alive and well in her hands." &nbsp;--Jay Parini, author of&nbsp;Borges and Me

Reference

Words, Language & Grammar

University of Michigan Press

Review\n"Miller soars when she captures such personal, vivid details…solid and practical…aspiring writers will find some sound advice.” 
—Publishers Weekly ― Publishers Weekly\n"In A Braided Heart, Brenda Miller delivers a master class on the composition and appreciation of autobiographical essays. ...It exemplifies as much as it teaches, citing everyone from Mark Doty to Virginia Woolf as it encourages readers to embrace a reflective mindset, drawing connections between life experiences and pinpointing moments of meaning." 
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― Shelf Awareness Published On: 2021-07-13\n"A Braided Heart is a pot of perfectly steeped tea with two cups. The book is a testament to the tensile strength of essay. No matter how the form is bent, so long as the writer remains in conversation, the connection maintains, this friendship through words." 
—Kelly K. Ferguson, Brevity -- Kelly K. Ferguson ― Brevity Published On: 2021-10-21\nA Braided Heart provides a friendly, personal, and smart guide to the writing life. It also offers clear and original instruction on craft elements at the forefront of today’s emerging forms in creative nonfiction: from the short-short, to the braided form, to the hermit crab essay. An acknowledged expert in these forms, Brenda Miller gives writers practical advice on how to sustain and invigorate their writing practice, while also encouraging readers to explore their own writing lives.\n“Brenda Miller writes so beautifully in these lyrical and ‘braided’ essays—personal meditations that take us deep into the miracle of writing itself. Her eye is always alert, her ear wonderfully tuned to the nuances of perception. The art of the essay is alive and well in her hands.” 
—Jay Parini, author of Borges and Me

Writing, Research & Publishing Guides

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Two award-winning authors reveal everything you need to know to develop your own distinctive voice and craft compelling, creative nonfiction “Tell all the Truth but tell it Slant.” ―Emily Dickinson
With these words, Dickinson offers sound advice for nonfiction writers: Tell the truth but become more than mere transcribers of daily life. Since 2003, Tell It Slant has set the standard for creative nonfiction instruction, showing writers how to move beyond mere facts and, instead, make the most of their own “slant” on the world. This revised and updated third edition offers:
• New and expanded chapters on writing about identity, maintaining a productive work/life balance, and navigating the publishing industry • An anthology with diverse pieces that range from traditional essay to the graphic memoir • Expanded discussion of contemporary and emerging literary forms • New “Try It” writing exercises throughout the book
Whether planning a course or learning on your own, Tell It Slant provides everything you need to know to develop a distinctive voice and to craft compelling creative nonfiction. This book provides the basis for a complete education in nonfiction writing, wherever your classroom might be.
“Tell It Slant is a valuable and comprehensive resource for nonfiction writers, filled with exhilarating examples, powerful exercises, and pure inspiration. Miller and Paola are gifted teachers and writers with endless wisdom to share and a lovely way of sharing it with struggling writers at every level.” ―Dinty W. Moore, author of The Mindful Writer: Noble Truths of the Writing Life

Tell It Slant, Third Edition

Coloring Journal including cover 66 page.a beautiful design for teen and adult .Art from you hand.Hope do you happiness with all page.

Adult Coloring Journal : 31 Intricate and Simple Design for the Coloring .: Coloring Journal make you are enjoy and creative from you ideas

Arts & Photography

Photography & Video

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Listening Against the Stone brings together selections spanning the breadth of the work of Brenda Miller, including six essays that have won the Pushcart Prize. These deeply personal essays paint a picture of how her sense of spirituality has evolved and shifted through the years: always rooted in a strong desire for connection. Together, they tell the story of a single woman her way, stumbling but always seeking out touchstones--a dog, a friend, a painting, a tree--to help her gain her true bearings.

Listening Against the Stone: Meditations

Self-Help

Motivational

Skinner House Books

In Brenda Miller's second collection of award-winning essays, the reader is drawn into a conversation on topics ranging from new dogs to old stained glass, from a walk in Portland's Japanese Garden to a sojourn in Jerusalem, from model airplanes to Magic 8 Balls. As in her acclaimed first collection, Season of the Body, Miller leads us on a pilgrimage through her life as a woman driven by spiritual yearning. Together, these essays prompt us to consider how our hard-won abilities to bless others become ways of blessing ourselves.

Blessing of the Animals

Essays & Correspondence

Carnegie-Mellon University Press

This book and its simple 30 second parenting strategies take the anger and confusion out of parenting and bring you back to sanity and love as a natural response – no pretending, and no (or less) hollering, complaining, demanding and mumbling nasty stuff under your breath. When used long-term, long-term patience and wisdom show up, and short-term craziness vanishes; or at least makes fewer, less stressful appearances! When you use these strategies, you’ll find that they give you and your kids relief – in the moments of upset, or in the moments right after, and that’s a lifesaver for parents and kids.

The Kid Code: 30 Second Parenting Strategies

Relationships

Authors Place Press

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Tell It Slant: Writing and Shaping Creative Nonfiction

Tell It Slant, Second Edition

Tell It Slant: Writing and Shaping Creative Nonfiction

A Braided Heart: Essays on Writing and Form (Writers On Writing)

A Braided Heart: Essays on Writing and Form (Writers On Writing)

Tell It Slant, Third Edition

Adult Coloring Journal : 31 Intricate and Simple Design for the Coloring .: Coloring Journal make you are enjoy and creative from you ideas

Listening Against the Stone: Meditations

Blessing of the Animals

The Kid Code: 30 Second Parenting Strategies