Paperback. Creative nonfiction combines the accuracy of fact with the artistry of storytelling. This book shows how small writing choices, including the selection of a single word, can shape the truth on the page.Writers will learn techniques for crafting vivid scenes, structuring narratives, and revising for emotional and factual depth. Drawing on real examples and flexible exercises, it encourages exploration of memory, research, and observation while maintaining honesty and creative control. Perfect for courses in nonfiction or for independent writers, it offers a practical path to creating work that is both compelling to read and faithful to lived experience. Creative nonfiction combines the accuracy of fact with the artistry of storytelling. This book shows how small writing choices, including the selection of a single word, can shape the truth on the page. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Title: Crafting Revision in Creative Nonfiction (Paperback)
Publisher: Anthem Press, London
Publication Date: 2026
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1839998199
ISBN 13: 9781839998195
Binding: Paperback
Condition: new

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Crafting Revision in Creative Nonfiction: One Word Clarifies the Truth reframes creative nonfiction as a genre built through revision rather than inspiration, emphasizing the choices writers make when shaping memory, experience, and research into narrative. Designed for undergraduate, multilingual, and inspiring writers, this book treats revision as an ethical and artistic practice, where decisions about selection, emphasis, voice, and structure determine not only how a story reads but what it means. Through clear explanations, real student writing examples, and genre-specific revision strategies, the text guides writers beyond first drafts toward more deliberate, reflective work. Rather than offering fixed templates, the book encourages experimentation and reconsideration, helping students develop a nonfiction voice grounded in honesty, attention, and responsibility to the reader.

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Dr. Ryan Thorpe, Yuli Ming Endowed Professor of Writing at Shanghai Jiao Tong University Global College, directs its academic writing program and writing center. Author of Teaching Second Language Creative Writing (2021) and three fantasy novels (2023), he is currently developing the Writing Through Revision textbook series for Anthem Press.

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