false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178119589m/759283.jpg 759283 2 One of Ludwig Miës van der Rohe's favorite aphorisms was that "God is in the details." Jon Franklin would beg to differ. A pretty turn of phrase is no use at all, says he, if you don't have a firm structure on which to hang it. Franklin pioneered the field of creative nonfiction by applying fiction's classical complication-resolution form to standard nonfiction (specifically to news stories, most of which, he states, are generally "endings without beginnings attached"). Instead of focusing on style, grammar, and word use, as do many books on writing, <i>Writing for Story</i> provides a rigorous lesson in building a nonfiction story (short or long) that has structural integrity. Franklin advocates starting with an outline, writing the climax first, and engaging in other grueling tasks that seem like hard work because they are. 745392 1987 Writing for Story: Craft Secrets of Dramatic Nonfiction total:47|5:16|4:14|3:9|2:7|1:1| 47 178 85 16 3 0 false false Fri Mar 20 20:04:00 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 20 20:16:00 -0700 2009
Franklin is a Pulitzer prize winner for a short non-fiction piece that serves as the center piece for thi...more...]]> 2 0 true true Fri Apr 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 30 16:32:10 -0700 2008 Fri May 16 08:25:45 -0700 2008 The most useful thing I learned from this book is Franklin's simple, but powerful, outlining method.
I think its a good way to start an outline, but not what I would consider a complete outline.
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