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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... begin with the works of Henry David Thoreau ( 1819-1862 ) . Most scholars of the field ( and " nature writing " is now an academic discipline known as “ environmental literature " ) consider nature writing to include all literary works ...
... begin to see the whole man as we follow the crowded , highly charged , and rapidly evolving inner life that accompanies the busy outer life and reveals the thoughts behind the eyes of the familiar photographs . -Robert D. Richardson ...
... begin with Henry David Thoreau . It has been estimated that his journals , which span his intellectual life from 1837 ( age 20 ) to his death in 1862 ( age 44 ) , con- tain over one million words . As the epigraph by Robert Richardson ...
... begin to see the distinctive American voice , the voice of Twain and later of Hemingway , first emerge : Not far from our quarters one of them picked up a pair of elk's horns , not very large , and discovered the track of the elk that ...
... begin on the equinox or solstice and proceed daily through that entire quarter of the year , noting the changes that occur as nature moves ineluctably through the circle of time . 2. Take a trip and assiduously record all of your ...
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 |