Issue #29, 2006
A Million Little Choices: The ABCs of CNF
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.
This issue is out of print.
Table of Contents
FROM THE EDITOR: A Million Little Choices Lee Gutkind ... read more
Creative Nonfiction: A Movement, Not a Moment Lee Gutkind
Notes on Frey Daniel Nester
For Further Reading
Acknowledgement of Sources
Backdoor Access
Composite Characters
Compression ... read more
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 more
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 more
Whose Story to Tell
Writers' Responsibilities to Subjects
Contributors
Kristen Cosby
Kristen Cosby's work has appeared in Fourth Genre, and her essays have garnered Finalist for the 2005 Iowa Review Prize and Honorable... read more
Taha Ebrahimi
Taha Ebrahimi has written for The Seattle Times, and her nonfiction writing has earned awards from the Pacific Northwest Writers... read more
Hattie Fletcher
Hattie Fletcher has been the managing editor of Creative Nonfiction since 2004. read more
Donna Hogarty
Donna Hogarty is an assistant editor of Creative Nonfiction and a creative nonfiction MFA candidate at the University of Pittsburgh. She... read more
Kristen Iversen
Kristen Iversen is the author of the best-selling biography Molly Brown: Unraveling the Myth (winner of the Colorado Book Award for... read more
Lori Jakiela
Lori Jakiela is the author of a memoir, Miss New York Has Everything. Her chapbook, The Regulars, was published by Liquid Paper Press. Her... read more
Brenda Miller
Brenda Miller is the author of five essay collections, most recently An Earlier Life (Ovenbird Books, 2016). She also coauthored Tell... read more
Paul Morris
Paul Morris teaches nonfiction writing at Arizona State University in Tempe. read more
Lori Pfeiffer
Lori Pfeiffer's work has appeared in Arizona Highways, Working Woman, American West Airlines Magazine, Black Enterprise and in the... read more
Mimi Schwartz
Mimi Schwartz’s books include Thoughts from a Queen-Sized Bed and Good Neighbors, Bad Times: Echoes of My Father’s German... read more
Bryant Simon
Bryant Simon is Professor of History and Director of American Studies at Temple University. He is finishing a book about Starbucks,... read more
Kathleen Tarr
Kathleen Tarr teaches writing at the University of Alaska-Anchorage. She received her MFA in creative nonfiction from the University of... read more
Sarah Z. Wexler
Sarah Z. Wexler is the author of Living Large: From SUVs to Double Ds, Why Going Bigger Isn't Going Better. Her writing has also been... read more
Susan Yohe
Susan Yohe is a shareholder with Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC, practicing in the Commercial Litigation Group. She has handled a range... read more
