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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... Journal 1 Chapter Two : The Essay 11 Chapter Three : The Writing Process 23 Chapter Four : The Opening 35 Chapter Five : The Closing 47 Chapter Six : Word Pictures 59 Chapter Seven : Figurative Language 73 Chapter Eight : Character and ...
... journals , George Page's PBS nature documen- taries , Norman MacLean's elegiac report on the Mann Gulch fire , and many other works from all around the world too numerous to list . What is the purpose of this book ? To put for the first ...
... life not only more endurable , but also more enjoyable . As always , I welcome correspondence from my readers at P.O. 102345 , Denver , Colorado 80250 . -J . A. M. Chapter One The Journal When [ Thoreau began ] , xii Preface.
... Journals , Notebooks & Diaries . " Among the writers included were Annie Dillard , Gretel Ehrlich , Tess Gallagher , Donald Hall , Rick Bass , Jim Harrison , Ed ... journals more consistently than novelists 1 Chapter One: The Journal.
... journal writers have often used extended letters in much the same way as journals ; Mark Twain and Ernest Hemingway ( both accomplished writers about nature in such works , respectively , as Roughing It and the Green Hills of Africa ) ...
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 |