The Art of Creative Research: A Field Guide for Writers

by Philip Gerard

Book Overview

All writers conduct research. For some this means poring over records and combing, archives but for many creative writers research happens in the everyday world--when they scribble an observation on the subway, when they travel to get the feel for a city, or when they strike up a conversation with an interesting stranger.

The Art of Creative Research helps writers take this natural inclination to explore and observe and turn it into...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022617980X
• ISBN13: 9780226179803
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"