Incorporating Research into Writing
What does it mean to use research in writing the personal? What does using research add to or subtract from your writing? How do you incorporate research and maintain the aesthetic value of the work? The answers to these questions hinge on the goals you w
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TEACHING WRITING Volume 1 Series Editor Patricia Leavy USA International Editorial Board Liza Ann Acosta, North Park University, USA Sandra L. Faulkner, Bowling Green State University, USA Lee Gutkind, Arizona State University, USA Anne Harris, Monash University, Australia Yvonna S. Lincoln, Texas A&M University, USA David Manderson, University of West Scotland, UK Ronald Pelias, Southern Illinois University, USA Rita Rud, Washington State University, USA Candace Stout, The Ohio State University, USA Jonathan Wyatt, The University of Edinburgh, UK Scope The Teaching Writing series publishes concise instructional writing guides. Series books each focus on a different subject area, discipline or type of writing. The books are intended to be used in undergraduate and graduate courses across the disciplines and can also be read by individual researchers or students engaged in thesis work. Series authors must have a demonstrated publishing record and must hold a PhD, MFA or the equivalent. Please email queries to the series editor at [email protected]
Writing the Personal Getting Your Stories onto the Page
Sandra L. Faulkner and Sheila Squillante
A C.I.P. record for this book is available from the Library of Congress.
ISBN: 978-94-6300-382-7 (paperback) ISBN: 978-94-6300-383-4 (hardback) ISBN: 978-94-6300-384-1 (e-book)
Published by: Sense Publishers, P.O. Box 21858, 3001 AW Rotterdam, The Netherlands https://www.sensepublishers.com/
All chapters in this book have undergone peer review.
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PRAISE FOR WRITING THE PERSONAL
“In this innovative and inspiring book, Faulkner and Squillante offer practical advice about writing personal stories. I especially appreciate their discussion about unanticipated reactions to published works, issues to consider when writing about others, and the numerous examples that show how writing is a social (and not strictly individual) act. Throughout, Faulkner and Squillante also include writing prompts that will be of great use for both beginning and advanced writers, as well as courses that foreground writing techniques and processes.” – Tony E. Adams, Northeastern Illinois University “In this book, writers are invited to think of writing the personal “like cooking,” and indeed there is a lot on the boil in this fun, evocative and chock-full pot of writing approaches and advice. The authors draw appropriately on their own histories and lives to demonstrate and to story the personal while actually living the personal, including poetry and images from Faulkner’s ethnographic trip to Germany, Squillante’s fictional
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