{"product_id":"the-elements-of-story-field-notes-on-nonfiction-writing-9780061689154","title":"The Elements of Story: Field Notes on Nonfiction Writing","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"A splendid book for journalists (new or old), fiction writers, essayists, and critics. But it could also be of great use to the intelligent common reader, the man or woman who wonders why it's impossible to finish reading certain stories and why others carry the reader in a vivid rush to the end.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Pete Hamill, author of \u003cem\u003eA Drinking Life\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the spirit of Strunk and White's classic \u003cem\u003eThe Elements of Style\u003c\/em\u003e, comes \u003cem\u003eThe Elements of Story, \u003c\/em\u003eby Francis Flaherty, longtime story editor at \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e. A brilliant blend of memoir and how-to, \u003cem\u003eThe Elements of Story\u003c\/em\u003e offers more than 50 principles that emphasize storytelling aspects rather than simply the mechanics of writing--a relentlessly entertaining, totally accessible writing guide for the novice and the professional alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFlaherty, Francis:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eFrancis Flaherty has worked for more than seventeen years at \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e. He has written for \u003cem\u003eHarper's\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAtlantic Monthly\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCommonweal\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Progressive\u003c\/em\u003e and teaches journalism at NYU. He lives with his wife and two children in Brooklyn, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50555926839570,"sku":"9780061689154","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0ef834ee-612c-4923-ac49-257c37dd3e80.jpg?v=1731745016","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-elements-of-story-field-notes-on-nonfiction-writing-9780061689154","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}