A wonderful book on narrative non-fiction writing by Jack Hart, published 2011.
# Contents
1. STORY A STORYTELLING SPECIES STORY'S KEY INGREDIENTS A sequence of actions. A sympathetic character. A complication. A resolution. THE IMPACT OF STORY
2. STRUCTURE VISUALIZING STRUCTURE BLUEPRINTS THE NARRATIVE ARC EXPOSITION RISING ACTION CRISIS CLIMAX FALLING ACTION/DENOUEMENT
Freytag's Pyramid
3. POINT OF VIEW POV CHARACTERS FIRST PERSON SECOND PERSON THIRD PERSON STANCE DISTANCE Ladder of Abstraction Summary vs. Scenic Narrative
4. VOICE AND STYLE INSTITUTIONAL VOICE FIRST PERSON AND VOICE PERSONA AND POSITION VOICE AND STYLE METAPHOR AS STYLE DEVELOPING VOICE
5. **CHARACTER** THE RISE OF REAL-WORLD CHARACTER DESIRE ROUND AND FLAT CHARACTERS DIRECT AND INDIRECT CHARACTERIZATION PHYSICAL APPEARANCE MOVEMENTS, EXPRESSIONS, AND MANNERISMS STATUS INDICATORS SPEECH ANECDOTES THE PURPOSE OF CHARACTERIZATION
6. **SCENE** TAPPING THE SCENES WITHIN CHOOSINGSCENES REPORTING FOR SCENE REVEALING DETAILS COLLECTIVE DETAILS SPACE ESTABLISHING SHOTS TEXTURE ATMOSPHERE SETTING BRINGING SCENES TO LIFE SCENIC CONSTRUCTION
7. **ACTION** THE NARRATIVE LEAD CONTINUOUS MOTION THE LANGUAGE OF ACTION TIME MARKERS PACE EXPOSITION FIRSTHAND ACTION
8. DIALOGUE INTERNAL MONOLOGUE RECONSTRUCTED DIALOGUE
9. **THEME** THEME STATEMENTS PUTTING YOURSELF INTO IT FINDING THEMES
10. REPORTING IMMERSION ACCESS OBSERVATIONAL AND RECONSTRUCTIVE NARRATIVE INTERVIEWING CHARACTER, SCENE, ACTION, AND THEME AN EYE FOR STORY
11. STORY NARRATIVES SHORT STORY NARRATIVES LONG STORY NARRATIVES
13. OTHER NARRATIVES VIGNETTES BOOKEND NARRATIVES THE PERSONAL ESSAY COLUMNS FIRST-PERSON NARRATIVE ISSUE ESSAYS DOCUMENTARY FILM PODCASTING
14. ETHICS THE CHALLENGE BREAKING FAITH THE ETHICS OF MEMOIR SPECULATION SHOWING YOUR CARDS IMMERSION BETRAYAL IMAGINARY PATTERNS STORY STRUCTURE AND STYLE CRAFT ETHICAL HABITS OF MIND
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