Alan Leftridge

Interpretive Writing

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This updated version of Interpretive Writing will help you focus your writing to enhance your reader's experiences by creating compelling stories that reveal new meanings and encourage personal connections.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: National Association for Interpretation
• Second Edition
• Seitenzahl: 154
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. März 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 234g
• ISBN-13: 9798881803957
• Artikelnr.: 71895378

Autorenporträt

Alan Leftridge holds bachelor's, teaching, and PhD degrees from the University of Central Missouri, the University of Montana, and Kansas State University. Alan taught science, interpretation, and environmental studies for 30 years at Miami University and Humboldt State University. He served for two decades as senior editor for the Interpreter and Legacy magazines of the National Association for Interpretation and the Western Interpreters Association. Since 2002, Alan has conducted hundreds of interpretive writing seminars and Certified Interpretive Guide training workshops across North America and has authored nine books associated with cultural heritage and natural history interpretation.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Foreword
Preface
Chapter 1 Backstory
Chapter 2 Writing Styles
Chapter 3 A Communication Model
Chapter 4 What is Interpretive Writing?
Chapter 5 The Writing Process
Chapter 6 The Interpreting Writing Process
Chapter 7 Guidelines for Interpretive Writers
Chapter 8 Know Your Audience
Chapter 9 Fluency and Readability
Chapter 10 Media Variations
Chapter 11 Capturing Your Reader
Chapter 12 Titles and Leads
Chapter 13 Passive and Active Language
Chapter 14 Figures of Speech
Chapter 15 Challenges to Agency Writing
Chapter 16 Show and Tell
Chapter 17 Alliteration and Poetry
Chapter 18 Evaluating Interpretive Writing
Chapter 19 Writing for the Web
Chapter 20 What to Avoid
Chapter 21 Writing for Children
Chapter 22 The Editing Process
Chapter 23 A Final Note
Bibliography
Index
About the Author