Re/invention : methods of social fiction /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Guilford Press,
[2023].
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| Series: | Qualitative methods "how-to" guides.
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Writing as Inquiry
- Social Fiction
- The Creative Writing Process and Being a Creative
- The Strengths of Social Fiction
- Conclusion
- 2. Historical and Contemporary Context for Social Fiction
- Fiction in the Humanities and Social Sciences
- Historical Fiction
- Creative Nonfiction
- Qualitative Research
- Arts-Based Research
- Literary Neuroscience
- Public Scholarship
- Challenges of Doing Fiction as Research
- Conclusion
- Notes
- 3. The Method: How to Write Social Fiction
- Generating Ideas, Themes, and Data
- Building a Structure
- Style
- Characterization
- Literary Tools
- Front and Back Matter
- Titles
- Conclusion
- 4. Traditional Three-Act Structures
- Low-Fat Love
- Low-Fat Love, Excerpt from Chapter 4
- Low-Fat Love, Excerpt from Chapter 7
- Low-Fat Love, Excerpt from Chapter 18
- Reflection on Low-Fat Love
- 5. Sequels: More on Traditional Three-Act Structures
- Blue
- Blue, Chapter 1
- Reflection on Blue
- Film
- Film, Chapter 10
- Reflection on Film
- Notes
- 6. Series and Open Form Structures
- Celestial Bodies: The Tess Lee and Jack Miller Novels
- Shooting Stars
- Shooting Stars, Chapter 1
- Reflection on Shooting Stars
- Twinkle
- Twinkle, Chapter 4
- Reflection on Twinkle
- Constellations
- Constellations Epilogue, "The Next Day
- Reflection on Constellations
- Supernova
- Supernova, Excerpt from Chapter 8
- Reflection on Supernova
- North Star
- North Star, Chapter 4
- Reflection on North Star
- Reflection on Celestial Bodies: The Tess Lee and Jack Miller Novels
- 7. Alternative Structures
- Spark
- Spark, Excerpt from Chapter 8
- Reflection on Spark
- 8. Short Stories
- Low-Fat Love Stories
- Low-Fat Love Stories, Chapter 10, "Mirror Mirror"
- Reflection on Low-Fat Love Stories
- Notes
- 9. Practical Advice for Publishing and Evaluating Social Fiction
- Publishing Fiction
- Awards
- Evaluation Criteria
- Conclusion
- Appendix: Recommended Reading
- Education
- Gender
- LGBTQIA
- Race/Multiculturalism
- Pandemics/Quarantine.