In all, William Noble has authored or co-authored more than 20 nonfiction books, including five with his late wife June Noble, and five with his wife, Angela Whitehill.
He’s written about stepfamily relationships, the need for inner privacy, psychiatry’s alarming power over our lives, the art of writing, the art of classical ballet, censorship, the Watergate affair and life in the Aztec Empire. Many were chosen as book club selections by Book-of-the Month Club, Writers Digest Book Club and/or Dance Book Club.
His short work, both nonfiction and fiction, has appeared in more than one hundred magazines and newspapers with an occasional anthology thrown in. A representative list includes: Yankee Magazine, Pointe Magazine, Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, Salon.com,Adirondack Life Magazine, Writer’s Digest Magazine, Baltimore Sun, Garden State Golf Magazine, Northeast Golf Magazine, World War II Magazine, Vermont Ski News.
For eight years (2000-2008) he was Contributing Editor for the six regional golf magazines of Divot Communications, and in 2008 he was Editor-in-Chief of New York Golf Magazine, Garden State Golf Magazine and Pennsylvania Golf Magazine.
Since 1985, Noble has been teaching Creative Writing at Community College of Vermont, both on the ground and online. In 2002, he began teaching Creative Writing, as an adjunct, at Georgian Court University, Lakewood, N.J. and that continues. From 1991-2001, he was a Vermont Humanities Scholar with the Vermont Council on the Humanities, and from 1993-1998, he was adjunct faculty in the external degree program at Johnson State College, Johnson, VT.
Noble has appeared as lecturer and workshop presenter at numerous writer’s conferences and festivals from coast to coast. A representative list includes: Mark Twain Memorial (Hartford, CT), Wilmington College (OH), Breadloaf Writer’s Conference (VT), State of Maine Writer’s Conference, Imagination Writer’s Conference (OH), The William Saroyan Writer’s Conference (CA), Las Vegas Writer’s Conference (NV), College of New Jersey Writer’s Conference.
And in connection with his books he has appeared on more than 40 television shows, including the Today! Show.
Writing Dramatic Nonfiction
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BN ID:
2940014250078
- Publisher: The Write Thought
- Publication date: 03/20/2012
- Series: Classic Wisdom on Writing , #8
- Sold by: Barnes & Noble
- Format: eBook
- Pages: 156
- Sales rank: 394,691
- File size: 1 MB
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“Why does nonfiction have to be boring,” he sniveled.
“It doesn’t,” she replied cheeringly. “Haven’t you ever read anything by Gay Talese, Tom Wolfe, John McPhee, Joan Didion, Norman Mailer, Mark Bowden, Laura Hillenbrand, or Sebastian Junger—just to name a few?”
“No,” he said popping open another long-neck Bud.
“That explains a lot,” she said.
Dramatic nonfiction—the relating of factual information in a manner that makes it as gripping as fiction—is the thrust of Writing Dramatic Nonfiction by longtime editor-author William Noble.
Using the techniques and guidelines offered in this book, you will learn to create nonfiction works that rise to the level of great literature without sacrificing credibility.
Dramatic techniques such as flashbacks, foreshadowing, building tension and suspense, character development, and scene intercuts are described in plain words
along with instruction on how you can use such devices in your own writing.
Dramatic or creative nonfiction, sometimes called narrative nonfiction, is now an important part of the literary landscape.
In this useful, nay, essential guide, Noble teaches you how to craft riveting true accounts.
"William Noble’s books are a popular staple in the writer’s personal library. I revisited his book “Writing Dramatic Nonfiction” to get some fresh ideas for adding dramatic techniques to a nonfiction project I am presently involved in. I found valuable pointers on basic development skills including: conflict and character development, anecdotes, using dialog, and point of view. His illustrations and examples are helpful. The book is filled with basic information for the beginning writer and a well organized reminder for those seasoned writers looking for motivation and inspiration. Although the book was first written in the year 2000 the principles are as applicable today as when they were first written."
—Richard R. Blake, author and Co-Founder of Christian Education Resources
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