A Million Little Choices: The ABCs of CNF contains a glossary of concise entries that define and explain the anchoring elements of the genre, from scene and dialogue to acknowledging your sources. It's everything you need to know to avoid the James Frey jinx.This special issue also contains an introductory essay by editor Lee Gutkind, explaining the evolution of the creative nonfiction genre, and a behind-the-scenes snapshot of Frey, the subject of recent uproar about the issue of truth in creative nonfiction.

Note: This issue is out of stock, but has been republished, in expanded form, as Keep It Real: Everything You Need to Know About Researching and Writing Creative Nonfiction. This book from W. W. Norton includes all the entries from Issue 29, plus additional mini-essays about topics including Montage Writing, Checkbook Journalism, Keeping It Brief, and more.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

From the Editor
Lee Gutkind

Creative Nonfiction: A Movement, Not a Moment
Lee Gutkind

Notes on Frey
Daniel Nester

Works referenced in this issue
For Further Reading

SPECIAL SECTION: The ABCs of CNF

Acknowledgment of Sources
Backdoor Access
Composite Characters
Compression read it online! 
The Creative Nonfiction Writer as Tour Guide
Defamation and Libel
The Evolution of Creative Nonfiction
Fact-Checking
Facts
Frame
Gunkholing
The History of Memoir
The “I”
Immersion read it online!
Influencing Readers
Legal Responsibilities of Publishers
Metaphor
Narrative History
The Narrative Impulse
Navel-Gazing
Point of View
Reconstruction of Scene and Dialogue
Subjectivity
Tape Recording
Truth
Use of Family Members as Characters
The Vagaries of Memory read an excerpt! 
Whose Story to Tell
Writers’ Responsibilities to Subjects

107 pages