Nonfiction Writing Guide for Education and Learning

By Susan Smith

Nonfiction writing guide is a perfect short book for newbie authors and writers who want to learn the basics of writing and understand non fiction genre. Professional writers and nonfiction authors can also consult this book for brainstorming and getting the basic tips on writing well. You can read this little guide to understand what is needed to become a good writer.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Coffee Cup Readings 1968
• Release date: Sep 8, 2018
• ISBN: 9781386998068

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Introduction

Writing as a medium of communication is the oldest and the most powerful enough to transform thoughts, decisions, and actions. Writing over a period of time slowly evolved into a sophisticated language of words for different professional domains.

Human brain is a clever and complex machine which can encode and decode factors of interest, and help in expressing them through writing words on paper.

Writing for the survival and progress of human race has played a vital role throughout the historic timeline. It is a powerful tool which has the magic of creating wonders and imaginative worlds for its readers.

Sometimes it plays with facts and figures and at the other with the imagination and dreams of its readers. Words have the power of interpreting both reality, and fantasy.

Fiction and nonfiction are the two major categories writing falls into in general. Both have their own set of criteria’s for a perfectionist product outcome. This book contains information on how you can understand writing in general and write nonfiction with ease and an impact.

Writing must contain all the words you believe in. This is the only ladder of success for an author, the journey is difficult but achievable once you understand, and master the basics of writing well.

Writing will test your wits, imagination, and knowledge. The clever, sensible, and wise use of its basics will decide your fate as a writer. Let’s dive into learning the basics for a stable and strong nonfiction writing foundation.

Prewriting Considerations

Prewriting involves many processes that later play a vital role in the success of writing content.  Understanding about what you are going to write is important as later it can help you to exploit many small sub factors such as the tone of your writing voice, the styles of expression, and the use of vocabulary.

Like any project, writing is just not about putting words to paper straight away; instead it needs planning and preparations. In the world of content writing prewriting strategies are formed in many ways, and styles; addressing a few at this stage are important as they can make a difference at an early beginner’s phase, as they are mostly related to developing a right mindset.

1. Knowing about the subject matter

It becomes a matter of extreme importance at an early stage of starting a project, to know what you really are going to jump into; in our situation