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	Lee Gutkind hails the artistry of creative nonfiction, but others approach it with distrust
		Notice how she's brought herself into the story (creative nonfiction is often subjective), how she's employed the fictional techniques of scene-setting, character and storytelling (creative nonfiction should read like a novel) and how she reveals the story behind the story (creative nonfiction is interested in larger truths).
		Creative nonfiction, then, is nothing new, but it got more attention from the literati after a slew of memoirs came on the market in the mid-1990s.
		But there are reporters who feel that creative nonfiction writers do not apply the rigorous standards of journalistic accuracy to their work, and sometimes exaggerate or play down the truth so that, in the end, it hardly resembles the truth at all.
	www.post-gazette.com /magazine/19991226creative6.asp (2462 words)

	Creative nonfiction - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Creative nonfiction is a genre of literature, also known as literary journalism and narrative journalism, which uses literary skills in the writing of nonfiction.
		Creative nonfiction is contrasted with "research nonfiction" which may contain accurate information, but may not be particularly well written and may not hold the attention of the reader very well.
		Often, however, this is not the case, as creative nonfiction writers often work for institutions with high journalistic intregrity before, during, or after their work in the genre.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Creative_nonfiction (824 words)

	CB Bassity's "What is Creative Nonfiction"
		Strip away the "creative" and you're left with only "nonfiction," and the best way I know to explain creative nonfiction is to compare it to plain “nonfiction,” usually known as journalism or news-writing.
		Creative nonfiction begins with the same material a news-writer might—news, general interest, feature stories, memoir, profile, editorial or essay—and brings it to life.
		Actually, creative nonfiction doesn’t add anything to a story; it conveys the life that’s there to begin with, the life that standard news-writing tends to lose in its “Just the facts, Ma’m” style.
	www.ionet.net /~cbb/creativenonfiction.htm (1115 words)

	Creative Nonfiction at Stonecoast
		Creative nonfiction is at once one of the most dynamic movements in contemporary letters, and a literary genre with its roots deep in the literature of the past.
		Creative nonfiction at Stonecoast comprises a broad range of nonfiction genres, spanning the lyrical, personal, and meditative essay, as well as literary journalism and memoir.
		Creative nonfiction faculty, students, and alumni regularly publish their work in the country’s leading literary journals.
	www.usm.maine.edu /stonecoastmfa/CreativeNonfictionatStonecoast.htm (341 words)

	IMAGE Forum - creative nonfiction writer
		Creative nonfiction, Becky, is a fancy way of saying "essay," these days, I believe, but there's much more to it.
		I see creative nonfiction as a genre that uses the storytelling techniques of fiction and the lyrical elements of poetry to render--as much as possible--a true-life experience.
		Creative nonfiction has really come into its own in the last thirty years -- and is now regularly grouped with fiction and poetry in MFA programs, such as ours.
	forum.imagejournal.org /showthread.php?t=95 (920 words)

	The Age of Creative Nonfiction
		I think what's so exciting about creative nonfiction is that it allows story and narrative to be created from elements that provide information and create a way of understanding the world through things that have happened, and bring them alive for people in a whole new way.
		When people think of creative nonfiction they tend to think of long magazine pieces for the New Yorker, or they think of books, and a lot of it is using the tools of the trade, like scene and dialogue, even in book reviews and shorter articles.
		I think what creative nonfiction allows you to do is to create an arc of storytelling to allow the facts and people's thoughts and emotions to all have a coherence to the interpretive framework that the writer uses to recap and then tell or relate it to the reader.
	www.pitt.edu /~nidus/archives/fall2001/rt.html (3001 words)

	Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing-Graduate Catalogue 2003-2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Though the M.F.A. is a terminal degree designed for writers wishing to pursue various career paths in teaching, writing, publishing, and community arts organization, students are urged to pursue the degree primarily as a way of mastering their art by rigorous study and practice among a community of other dedicated writers.
		Research for Creative Writers (3) Instruction for writers of creative nonfiction, fiction, poetry, and scripts in searching electronic, print, and physical archives; historical artifacts; the geographical and built environment; and living sources, with special emphasis on interviewing techniques and ethics and on how to gracefully integrate research into artistic writing.
		Creative Writing Pedagogy: Theory and Practice (3) Analysis of current theories of creative writing pedagogy and classroom practices; examination of teaching and learning theories related to the workshop model, process exercises, revision techniques, and the group dynamics of teaching creative writing.
	www.uncwil.edu /grad_cat/creative_writing.htm (1155 words)

	Creative NonFiction, A True Story Well-Told. Article by Susan Taylor Brown
		Creative nonfiction is all about the whole—how the parts make it up.
		Creative nonfiction is of great use with reluctant and challenged readers, who may find their interest piqued, making the work of reading more rewarding than usual.
		Creative nonfiction requires even more careful research than straight exposition, as so much more information is being conveyed.
	www.susantaylorbrown.com /creativenf.html (1829 words)

	Pitt professor devotes event to creative nonfiction - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
		Gutkind also is celebrating Creative Nonfiction, a journal he helped launch a decade ago, as well as the form itself.
		The journal Creative Nonfiction, which has published articles by John McPhee, Diane Ackerman and Wideman during its decadelong existence, also acts as a medium to spread the creative nonfiction gospel.
		Creative nonfiction might have more stringent guidelines because, unlike fiction or poetry, the truth is absolutely essential and cannot be compromised.
	www.pittsburghlive.com /x/pittsburghtrib/s_270723.html (782 words)

	Amazon.ca: Writing Creative Nonfiction: Fiction Techniques for Crafting Great Nonfiction: Books: Theodore A. Rees Cheney (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Masters of creative nonfiction, such as Joan Didion, John McPhee, and Hunter S. Thompson have proven time and time again that topics even as seemingly dry as geology or tedious as a presidential campaign, can read like fiction.
		By creatively presenting a subject with honesty and passion, they succeed in not only reporting the facts, but doing so in a way that thoroughly engages their readers, moving them to a deeper level of understanding of the subject matter.
		In Writing Creative Nonfiction, author Theodore A. Rees Cheney shows you the tricks of the trade, revealing the techniques you can use to transform the world around you into your own brilliant essays, articles, and book-length works.
	www.amazon.ca /Writing-Creative-Nonfiction-Techniques-Crafting/dp/1580082297 (370 words)

	Nonfiction Writing \| Creative Writing Classes in NYC and Online with Professional Writing Instructors
		And nonfiction has grown more diverse and creative than ever, embracing all styles from straight to zany to poetic, encompassing every topic imaginable from childhood memories to the creation of the universe.
		This course also serves as an excellent precursor to other Gotham nonfiction courses and is a great next step after Creative Writing 101.
		Nonfiction I is for beginners or anyone who wants to brush up on the fundamentals.
	www.writingclasses.com /CourseDescriptionPages/GenrePages.php/ClassGenreCode/NF (445 words)

	CREATIVE NON-FICTION
		However, The National Endowment for the Arts has adopted creative nonfiction as accurately describing the various styles that have in common:"factual prose that is also literary " infused with the stylistic devices, tropes, and rhetorical flourishes of the best fiction and the most lyrical of narrative poetry.
		As "nonfiction" implies, the information contained in creative nonfiction writing must be true; names, dates, places descriptions, quotation may not be created or altered.
		The "creative" aspect of this genre means, "Writers are not constrained by traditional academic or journalistic straightjackets...locked into the inverted 5W (who-what-when-where-why) format." Rather, writers in the genre can write with style without sacrificing substance.
	www.gulfwriters.org /creativenonfiction.htm (763 words)

	Amazon.com: In Fact: The Best of Creative Nonfiction: Books: Lee Gutkind,Annie Dillard (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The result is an electrifying anthology that covers the creative nonfiction universe from the personal essay to nature writing, literary journalism, and science writing.
		Creative nonfiction, also known as narrative nonfiction, liberated journalism by inviting writers to dramatize, interpret, speculate, and even re-create their subjects.
		Creative Nonfiction is a relatively new genre, or overlooked.
	www.amazon.com /Fact-Best-Creative-Nonfiction/dp/0393326659 (1890 words)

	Writing Creative Nonfiction: Instruction and Insights from Teachers of... - Nutricraze
		Not only does the format work, but pairing the works of creative nonfiction with the accompanying commentary is educational and entertaining.
		It may be true that it has undergone many name changes over the years- nonfiction novel, narrative non-fiction, literary journalism, literary non-fiction, and new journalism, however, they all lead us to the conclusion that no matter how confusing it sounds, creative nonfiction is still distinguishable from daily journalism, academic criticism, and critical biography.
		In Writing Creative Nonfiction: Instruction And Insights From The Teachers Of The Associated Writing Programs, the editorial team of Carolyn Forche and Philip Gerard present essays by more than thirty contributors focusing on all aspects and elements of the creative writing craft as it applies to nonfiction.
	www.1for1.com /book.php?ItemID=1884910505 (1651 words)

	C.M. Mayo Interview / Creative Nonfiction
		While the term "creative nonfiction" may be new, this type of writing is not.
		If that is not a superb example of creative nonfiction, I don't know what is. But certainly, there is more "creative nonfiction" being published today, and Creative Nonfiction and other literary journals are bringing out highly innovative and interesting work.
		As for where I see "creative nonfiction" going, I think it will go in as many directions as there are people who want it write it and people who want to publish it.
	www.cmmayo.com /interview.creativenonfiction.html (931 words)

	Writing Creative Nonfiction for Children
		Creative nonfiction for children is just a new term for an old writing skill.
		Nonfiction is a popular choice for young readers, but to keep them reading requires some tricks of the trade.
		Many of the same writing techniques used in fiction writing can be used to make nonfiction articles or books more that just a lot of facts.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/childrens_writing/62230 (402 words)

	Creative Nonfiction
		The proliferation of nonfiction writing is evident by the numbers of nonfiction articles being published in some major magazines such as The New Yorker, Harper’s, and Atlantic Monthly.
		The nonfiction that is found in these major publications is so well-written that even a subject that you might never have considered reading about will hold your interest.
		She is in the process of compiling a book of creative nonfiction essays based on childhood adventures.
	www.absolutewrite.com /freelance_writing/creative_nonfiction.htm (1138 words)

	Creative nonfiction broadens its horizons - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
		When Gutkind started the literary journal Creative Nonfiction, it was the first publication to specialize in true stories that use "scenes, dialogue, close, detailed descriptions and other techniques usually employed by poets and fiction writers," according to the publication's Web site, www.creativenonfiction.org.
		Creative nonfiction has not always been accepted as a valid form.
		Gutkind earned the derogatory sobriquet "godfather of creative nonfiction" in a 1997 Vanity Fair article penned by James Wolcott that derided the genre as self-indulgent.
	pittsburghlive.com /x/tribune-review/entertainment/events/s_391344.html (1106 words)

	Poynter Online - Breaking into Creative Nonfiction, Part 1: The Basics
		But let's start by defining "creative nonfiction," a term that confuses some and appalls others.
		Creative nonfiction is the latest name for fact-based writing that can perhaps be best understood as the union of storytelling and journalism.
		Creative Nonfiction markets include newspapers, magazines, literary journals and books.
	www.poynter.org /column.asp?id=52&aid=30407 (488 words)

	CREATIVE NONFICTION : WHAT IS CREATIVE NONFICTION?
		Creative Nonfiction heightens the whole concept and idea of essay writing.
		Creative Nonfiction is the first and the largest literary magazine to publish on a regular basis, high quality nonfiction prose (memoir, literary journalism, personal essay) exclusively.
		Creative Nonfiction is the singular strongest voice of the genre, defining the ethics and the parameters of the field while broadening its impact through ancillary services and activities such as book series, conferences, education programs and the development of new writers.
	www.creativenonfiction.org /thejournal/whatiscnf.htm (210 words)

	Creative Writing: Creative Nonfiction - Credit PDP - School of Continuing Studies of Northwestern University
		Creative nonfiction is a relative new category of writing that elevates “facts” to art by using the tools of creative writing.
		The story and the skills of writing are equal partners in creative nonfiction, and the successful writer of such texts will need to be well-read and invested in learning the finer points of the writer's craft.
		In this program developing writers progress through a sequence of workshop-based courses exploring various forms and techniques of nonfiction and the development of a personal voice.
	www.scs.northwestern.edu /pdp/cpdp/las/nonfiction.cfm (249 words)

	Bruce Dobler's Creative Nonfiction Compendium
		Alternatively known as "literary journalism" or the "literature of fact," creative nonfiction is that branch of writing which employs literary techniques and artistic vision usually associated with fiction or poetry to report on actual persons and events.
		The most important quality that a creative nonfiction writer can have, writes Gutkind, is passion: "A passion for the written word; a passion for the search and discovery of knowledge; and a passion for...
		Features examples culled from the author's journal, Creative Nonfiction, to illustrate writing techniques....LEE GUTKIND is a professor in the Department of English at the University of Pittsburgh, the first school to grant an M.F.A. degree in creative nonfiction.
	www.pitt.edu /~bdobler/readingnf.html (8922 words)

	Writing Creative Nonfiction (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		In this month's column, I thought I would list some excellent sources of information and reading material concerning the writing and publishing of creative nonfiction, since I have been receiving individual questions from writers and won't be able to answer everyone.
		What really stands out as mentionable is a visit to creativenonfiction.org, an established web e-zine dedicated to the craft of nonfiction writing, and to fostering creative nonfiction writers.
		Last, but not least, I've just discovered there is a creative nonfiction web ring, with quite a few more online zines accepting submissions of creative nonfiction, if you are interested in finding additional places to publish work.
	www.mochamemoirs.com /Dec02/createivenonfiction_Dec02.htm (355 words)

	Creative Writing at Chicago \| The University of Chicago (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Creative Writing courses are cross-listed so that students are able to apply to courses based on their level of preparation rather than on their level of degree program.
		In addition to producing original work in poetry, fiction, and nonfiction, we will also explore methods for analyzing and evaluating imaginative writing by exploring the formal vocabularies of each genre.
		The goal of this class is to guide students toward recognizing and using specific story structures and styles as a way to further develop their sense of voice, imaginative seeing, dramatic story movement, and story material.
	creativewriting.uchicago.edu /courses.shtml (3060 words)

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