Writing Short Story of Nonfiction: A Genre Perspective

Nonfiction is not only popular but also part of our modern life in education, profession, as well as daily sanction. Yet, in the context of writing, its identity requires most complicated knowledge and approach to articulating or presenting for no misleading applications. This book activates one of the most established theories – genre, to map a new field of nonfiction through a literary up-taking of the short story. The genre theory is not only inclusive but also capable of providing decisive forces for drawing borderlines to distinguish the subject and named genre, which is exactly what we need for cognizing literary nonfiction.

Short story supplies us unmistakably a sizable form to penetrate the craft and art for producing nonfiction. By so doing, the craft in perspective is supposed to be applicable across nonfiction genres to facilitate creative writing and works of persuasiveness.

Focused on accountable art for writing short story of nonfiction, the techniques are sourced from within the sub-genres of nonfiction, and across the field reaching fiction for the craft that is generally applicable. Short story, as a literary form, has a repertoire of conceptions and devices for design and manufacture of texts. More sharable theories such as viewpoint, style, discourse, and reader reaction etc. have entailed particular relevant techniques for writing this form of nonfiction effectively. This book satisfies readers and student writers who are searching for craft and knowledge of writing in general, as well as for creative nonfiction in particular.

The modern intellectual world is very much preoccupied by sciences, which has marginalized literary production and its technological nature that supposes to make work of art. This attempt to recognizing nonfiction from a literary tradition in the academic context, without doubt, proves its intention for innovation in the field of writing.