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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... Guide, Revised Edition. John A. Murray. Writing About Nature A Creative Guide John M. Murray University of New Mexico Press Albuquerque This One 572S - JKD - J61F 1995 by John A. Murray Published by arrangement with the.
... Published by arrangement with the author . University of New Mexico paperback edition 2003 Originally published by Sierra Club Books , ISBN 0-87156-436 - X All rights reserved . Library of Congress Cataloging - in - Publication Data ...
... published anything , to cross that mountain range on one side of which are talented people dreaming of writing and on the other side of which are those who have found a way to write . When David Spinner , my editor at Sierra , and I ...
... published in 1906 , they greatly increased Thoreau's stature , not to mention that of the then - fledging discipline of American literature . Thoreau used journals for a variety of purposes , from serious discourse on such subjects as ...
... published a portion of his journals in a 1991 book entitled Winter : Notes from Montana . The book chronicles his new life on a ranch in northwestern Montana from September 13 ( " the first overcast day " ) to March 14 ( " I won't be ...
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 |