Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Writers of Fiction and Nonfiction

Annotated Research

Question: How do fiction writers differ from nonfiction writers?

Answer: “For a professional writer, fiction writing required imagistic as well as verbal thinking, while nonfiction writing required mainly verbal thinking.” KA Carlton. 1987. P. 213.

Comment: Makes sense. Fiction requires images through words. Nonfiction requires mainly ideas through words. RayS.

Title: “Annotated Bibliography of Research in the Teaching of English.” Ed. JD Marshall and RK Durst. Research in the Teaching of English (May 1989), 208-222.

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