Voice and Vision

A Guide to Writing History and Other Serious Nonfiction

Stephen J. Pyne

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      Part I. Arts

    1. In the Beginning, Words
    2. Art and Craft
    3. Rules of Engagement
    4. Nonfiction as Writing
    5. Voice . . .
    6. . . . and Vision
    7. Designing
    8. Plotting
    9. Transitioning
    10. Dramatizing
    11. Editing I

      12. Part II. Crafts

    12. Prose
    13. Character
    14. Setting
    15. Point of View
    16. Showing and Telling
    17. Editing II
    18. Figures of Speech
    19. Technical Information
    20. Questions of Scale

      21. Part III. Doing It

    21. Theory and Practice
    22. Writing Lives
    • Notes
    • Index
  • Cover: Voice and Vision
  • A photo of the author

Photo by J. G. Goldammer

Stephen J. Pyne is a Regents Professor at Arizona State University. He is the author of many books, including Smokechasing and Tending Fire.