You Can't Make This Stuff Up

You Can't Make This Stuff Up
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Publisher : Hachette+ORM
Total Pages : 339
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ISBN-10 : 9780738215860
ISBN-13 : 0738215864
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Book Synopsis You Can't Make This Stuff Up by : Lee Gutkind

Download or read book You Can't Make This Stuff Up written by Lee Gutkind and published by Hachette+ORM. This book was released on 2012-07-03 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From "the godfather behind creative nonfiction" (Vanity Fair) comes this indispensable how-to for nonfiction writers of all levels and genres, "reminiscent of Stephen King's fiction handbook On Writing" (Kirkus). Whether you're writing a rags-to-riches tell-all memoir or literary journalism, telling true stories well is hard work. In You Can't Make This Stuff Up, Lee Gutkind, the go-to expert for all things creative nonfiction, offers his unvarnished wisdom to help you craft the best writing possible. Frank, to-the-point, and always entertaining, Gutkind describes and illustrates every aspect of the genre. Invaluable tools and exercises illuminate key steps, from defining a concept and establishing a writing process to the final product. Offering new ways of understanding the genre, this practical guidebook will help you thoroughly expand and stylize your work.


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