Scenes (vignettes, episodes, slices of reality, and so forth) are the building blocks of creative nonfiction--the primary factor that separates and defines literary and/or creative nonfiction from traditional journalism and ordinary lifeless prose.
The uninspired writer will tell the reader about a subject, place, or personality but the creative nonfiction writer will show that subject, place, or personality in action.
Lee Gutkind, The Art of Creative Nonfiction, 1997
The uninspired writer will tell the reader about a subject, place, or personality but the creative nonfiction writer will show that subject, place, or personality in action.
Lee Gutkind, The Art of Creative Nonfiction, 1997
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