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Tell It Slant by Brenda Miller and Suzanne Paola — WisdomDeck honest review

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Tell It Slant

by Brenda Miller and Suzanne Paola

The standard creative nonfiction text: memoir, lyric essay, research, ethics, with exercises. Thorough and widely taught.

Read it if…

you write personal essays or memoir.

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Skip it if…

you write fiction.

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Three things you will actually use

Tell the truth slant.
Form carries meaning.
Research your own life.

Do this first

Do the exercises in the chapter on the body.

Our verdict

Creative nonfiction.

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