Non-Fiction Writing Tips

Non-Fiction Writing Tips designed by Joshua Grant for EVENT Magazine. Words and insight from managing editor Ian Cockfield and web editor Joshua Grant. #nonfiction #WritingTips
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an event poster with the words use all the tools and techniques of library craft to present your creative non - fiction
#nonfiction #WritingTips : Use all the tools and techniques of literary craft to present your creative non-fiction: voice, characterization, dialogue, dramatic action, scenes, point of view, setting, plot, attention to language, vivid details...
an event poster with the words, what's the hook? surprise the reader tell us your story
#nonfiction #WritingTips : What's the hook? Surprise the reader.
an event poster with the words read, read, read written in black and white
#nonfiction #WritingTips : Read, read, read. Write, write, write. #sorry
an event poster with the words, attention speaks are not unplugged how will you accomplish your goal within a limited space and time?
#nonfiction #WritingTips : Attention spansa re not unlimited, nor are word counts. Consider: How will you accomplish your goal within a limited space and time?
an ad for the event with text that reads, we'll place actually funny humour will win the hearts and minds of your readers
#nonfiction #WritingTips: Well placed, actually funny humour will win the hearts and minds of your readers. Poor attempts will only roll your readers' eyes.
an orange background with the words, it's easy to turn off a reader unless you offer wider perspective
#nonfiction #WritingTips : Handle free-floating rage and general bitterness with care. It's easy to turn off a reader unless you offer some wider perspective.
an event poster with the words, will anyone outside of your relatives want to read your family story?
#nonfiction #WritingTips : Will anyone outside of your own family tree want to read your family story? Maybe — but only if you've objectively evaluated your piece and found something there for the disinterested (unrelated) reader.
an image of a lightbulb with the words event creative written below it,
#nonfiction #writingtips : Just because it's factual doesn't mean it's going to ring true to others. Present your story to the reader in such a way that it's believable.
an event poster with the words just because it's true, doesn't make it interesting or compeling for others
#nonfiction #WritingTips : Just because it's true doesn't make it interesting or compelling for others.
an event poster with the words, remember there are many other forms of creative non - fiction
#nonfiction #WritingTips : Remember there are many other forms of creative non-fiction besides personal narrative, memoir and travel writing. Try a lyrical essay, personal essay, dramatic monologue, piece or rhetoric or a biography.
an event poster with a feather on it and the words, there's nothing wrong with a few judiciously picked adverts
#nonfiction #WritingTips : There's nothing wrong with judiciously picked adjectives, but if you rely on them too much you'll take away from the action. Choose the one that works.
an event poster with the words, have a brittlely honest friend read over your work to point out any parts that might draw readers out of the flow
#nonfiction #WritingTips : Have a brutally honest friend read over your work to point out any parts that might draw readers out of the flow.
an event poster with the words non - linear structures work really well in personal narrative however they're harder to understand that lines
#nonfiction #WritingTips : Non-linear structures work really well in personal narrative; however, they're hard to understand than linear ones. Always consider what structure will best serve the story.
an event poster with the words memory is selective be the same with your writing choose what to include in order to serve the story
#nonfiction #WritingTips : Memory is selective; be the same with your writing. Choose what to include in order to serve the story.
an event poster with the words be honest with the reader, and a heart on it
#nonfiction #WritingTips : Be honest with the reader.