The Art of Nonfiction

The Art of Nonfiction

By Ayn Rand
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“Writing is no more difficult a skill than any other, such as engineering. Like every human activity, it requires practice and knowledge. But there is nothing mystical about it. Any person who can speak English grammatically can learn to write nonfiction.”

Ayn Rand

In 1969, the world-renowned author Ayn Rand gave a series of informal lectures on the art of nonfiction to a select group of friends and associates. These edited transcripts take the listener step by step through the writing process, providing insightful observations and invaluable techniques along the way.

Rand discusses the psychological aspects of writing and the different roles played by the conscious and subconscious mind. She explains how to select a subject and theme, how to identify your audience, and how to write the first draft. From preparing an outline to mastering an individual writing style, this crucial resource introduces the ideas of one of our most enduring authors to a new generation.

Aspiring—and established—writers of nonfiction will find this guide to creating effective nonfiction invaluable.

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  1. Gary1
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    Very useful.

    As an author of non-fiction, I found this very useful. However, this is not to say that Ms. Rand is an expert in general on writing non-fiction, b/c she had no experience writing from scientific evidence. Issue like statistical tables, validation of questionnaire items & scales, photos of archeological finds, etc are for others to discuss. In her day, there was no writing for e-book publishing, which has complications for most types of non-fiction. So I'm looking for other audio books on non-fiction also. I rated this sub-max but close to max on "story" -- there is no story, but it seems unfair to penalize the author for not covering every skill in non-fiction writing, and "story" is the closest this rating system comes to comprehensiveness & understandability of content.

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