Now Write! Nonfiction

Beginnersandseasonedwritersalikewillrelishtheopportunitytousethetop-notchwritingexercisescollectedinNOWWRITE!NONFICTION-culledfromthepersonalstashesofbestsellingandcriticallyacclaimednonfictionauthorslikelegendaryessayist,GayTalese(ThyNeighbour'sWife);NewYorkTImesbestsellingauthors,A.J.Jacobs(TheYearofLivingBiblically),IshmaelBeah(ALongWayGone:MemoirsofaBoySoldier)andRezaAslan(NogodbutGod:TheOrigins,Evolution,andFutureofIslam);2008PulitzerPrizewinner,JohnMatteson(Eden'sOutcasts:TheStoryofLouisaMayAlcottandHerFather);creativenonfictionicon,LeeGutkind(CreativeNonfictionmagazine)andmanyothertopbiographers,journalistsandteachersofcreativenonfiction.NOWWRITE!NONFICTIONwilltakeyouintothefieldwithcreativenonfiction'smasterpractitioners:·PeekinsideGayTalese'smind,ashesharesthewriter'suroadmapheusedtoorganiseinformationforhisclassicbookThyNeighbor'sWifeandhisseminalessayFrankSinatraHasaCold.·DiscoverLeeGutkind'ssimpletrick,performedwithahighlighter,thatcanhelpanywriteridentifywhethertheirpieceistrulyshowingactionorjusttelling.·LearnabouttheimportantroleofspeculationandconjectureincreatinglivelynonfictionfromLisaKnapp.