Writing About Nature: A Creative Guide, Revised Edition.Originally published by the Sierra Club in 1995, this handbook has already helped thousands of aspiring writers, scholars, and students share their experiences with nature and the outdoors. Using exercises and examples, John Murray covers genres, techniques, and publication issues. He uses examples from such masters as Barry Lopez, Annie Dillard, Larry McMurtry, Edward Abbey, Ernest Hemingway, and Henry David Thoreau. Also included are recommended readings, a directory of creative writing programs, professional organizations for writers, and a directory of environmental organizations. This revised edition includes a new chapter on nature writing and environmental activism. "Nature is our grandest and oldest home, older than language, grander than consciousness. John Murray knows that in his bones, and he shares his knowledge generously with anyone who opens this book. Whether you write about the earth for publication or only for deepening your perceptions, you will find keen-eyed guidance here." - Scott Russell Sanders, author of Staying Put |
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... Practice Exercises 1. Write a journal that covers one season of the year in the manner of Rick Bass's Winter : Notes from Montana . Either begin on the equinox or solstice and proceed daily through that entire quarter of the year ...
... Practice Exercises 1. In the old days — and I am speaking here of the sixteenth , seventeenth , and eighteenth ... practice exercise , select three different essays by writers of varied his- torical , cultural , or stylistic backgrounds ...
... Practice Exercises 1. In writing your next essay , try the method described in the text in which the opening and closing are written first , and the interior sec- tions are then composed . Use a paragraph outline to organize the over ...
... Practice Exercises 1. Study each of the essay openings in a classic work of nature writing . Which , if any , of these paradigms ( unified rhetorical , succinct , anec- dote , in media res , rhetorical question , striking image ...
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Contents
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Figurative Language | 73 |
Character and Dialogue | 87 |
StoryTelling | 95 |
Style | 105 |
Fiction and Poetry | 115 |
Revision | 129 |
Research | 137 |
Workshopping | 149 |
Environmental Activism | 171 |