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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... closing are written first , and the interior sec- tions are then composed . Use a paragraph outline to organize the over- all structure before writing . For example , you might take a hike in a local park or forest . The opening will be ...
... closing . Here we will focus on the first part , the beginning . When ... paragraph , as Marquez indicated in the chapter epigraph , is important ... paragraph in a 1,000 word sketch bears a greater fractional proportion to the whole than ...
... closing — if any of these three elements is deficient , the whole creation will suffer , perhaps fatally , from the ... paragraph of moderate length . In some cases the narrative is set up by a single startling sentence , strong 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 |