Craft and conscience : how to write about social issues /
Das, Kavita, 1974-
Craft and conscience : how to write about social issues / Kavita Das. - xix, 320 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 312-316).
Why we write : interrogating our motivations for writing about social issues -- How we are all connected : understanding the relationship between the writer, reader, and subject -- Diving in deep or casting wide : considering context versus narrative to shape our stories -- Writing from outside in or inside out : reporting, personal narrative, or a hybrid approach -- Staking a claim : writing opinion pieces (op-eds) -- Are you the right storyteller for this story? : understanding cultural sensitivity and avoiding cultural appropriation -- Ripple effects of making waves : implications (good and bad) of writing about social issues.
"Craft and Conscience helps writers weave together their narrative craft, conscience, and analytical and research skills, to create prose to illuminate and underscore the individual and collective impact of crucial issues of our time"--
9780807046494 0807046493
2022017382
Social problems in literature.
Problemas sociales en la literatura
Social change in literature.
Cambio social en la literatura
Authorship--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Autoría--Manuales de estilo
English language--Rhetoric.
Inglés--Retórica
PN 51 / D229c 2022
808.06/63
Craft and conscience : how to write about social issues / Kavita Das. - xix, 320 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 312-316).
Why we write : interrogating our motivations for writing about social issues -- How we are all connected : understanding the relationship between the writer, reader, and subject -- Diving in deep or casting wide : considering context versus narrative to shape our stories -- Writing from outside in or inside out : reporting, personal narrative, or a hybrid approach -- Staking a claim : writing opinion pieces (op-eds) -- Are you the right storyteller for this story? : understanding cultural sensitivity and avoiding cultural appropriation -- Ripple effects of making waves : implications (good and bad) of writing about social issues.
"Craft and Conscience helps writers weave together their narrative craft, conscience, and analytical and research skills, to create prose to illuminate and underscore the individual and collective impact of crucial issues of our time"--
9780807046494 0807046493
2022017382
Social problems in literature.
Problemas sociales en la literatura
Social change in literature.
Cambio social en la literatura
Authorship--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Autoría--Manuales de estilo
English language--Rhetoric.
Inglés--Retórica
PN 51 / D229c 2022
808.06/63