Getting to the Truth: The Craft and Practice of Creative Nonfiction

Learn how to write creative nonfiction alongside some of the brightest minds in the genre.

Inspired by Hippocampus Magazine’s annual conference, Getting to the Truth: The Craft and Practice of Creative Nonfiction features 20+ essays from some of the events’ highest-rated speakers and writers behind a few of our journal’s most-read craft columns.

Getting to the Truth is full of real-world insight, practical examples, and even creative nonfiction writing exercises and other prompts. Whether you’re new to writing creative nonfiction, want to experiment with new forms of storytelling, or wish to improve your craft, there’s something within these pages that will ignite your creativity.

Getting to the Truth, like our conference, is about more than the craft of creative writing. It also covers the writing life, paths to publication, and engaging with your audience. So, this creative nonfiction book is divided into three sections:

Getting It Down

Getting Through It

Getting It Right

Plus, a bonus section at the end with lots of resources and reading recommendations.

A CLOSER LOOK

The 20+ creative nonfiction essays include deep dives into topics like:

Imposter syndrome

Generating story ideas

Beginnings and endings in creative nonfiction

Visual essays, lyric essays, and other blending of genres

Writing about family members

Memory (and what we don’t remember)

The quiet memoir

… and so. much. More.

Getting to the Truth is edited by Rae Pagliarulo and Donna Talarico and features the wisdom and insight of creative nonfiction writers such as:

Eli Aharon

Steph Auteri

Sue Baldwin-Way

Nicole Breit

Melanie Brooks

Kelly Caldwell

Laurie Jean Carter

Angie Chatman

Sam Chiarelli

Athena Dixon

Wendy Fontaine

Joanne Lozar Glenn

Penny Guisinger

Elane Johnson

Beth Kephart

Lara Lillibridge

Kate Meadows

Jenna McGuiggan

Randon Billings Noble

Alexis Paige

Dave Pidgeon

Matthew Skillen

Author: Rae Pagliarulo
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Books by Hippocampus
Published: 08/10/2021
Pages: 200
Weight: 0.61lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9780999429990
Language: English