{"product_id":"chance-particulars-sara-mansfield-taber-9781421425085","title":"Chance Particulars: A Writer's Field Notebook for Travelers, Bloggers, Essayists, Memoirists, Novelists, Journalists, Adventurers, Naturalists, Sketch","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn essential guide for writers on how to record and use rich detail to enliven their work.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe goal of the writer is to live with the keenness of the foreigner. To experience, wide-eyed, the sensations aroused and the events offered up by peculiar surrounds and then to evoke them so brightly on the page that the reader, too, experiences the foreigner's frisson. A time-honored way this is accomplished is through the keeping of a field notebook--through the faithful recording of the this-and-that of life; the atmospheres and incidents; the bells, the beer, the bread.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on what accomplished nonfiction writer Sara Mansfield Taber learned in her many years of field notebook keeping, \u003ci\u003eChance Particulars \u003c\/i\u003eis a unique and handy primer for writers who want to use their experiences to tell a lively, satisfying story. Often, writers try to turn their notes into a memoir, essay, travel piece, or story, only to find that they haven't recorded enough of the concrete, sensory details necessary to create evocative description. To help writers overcome this problem, Taber has composed a true \"field notebook for field notebook keepers.\" Enhanced by beautiful illustrations, this charming and comprehensive guide is a practical manual for anyone who wishes to learn or hone the crafts of writing, ethnography, or journalism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWriters of all levels, genres, and ages, as well as teachers of writing, will appreciate this useful tool for learning how to record the details that build vibrant prose. With this book in hand, you will be able to recreate times and places, conjure up intricate character portraits, and paint pictures of particular landscapes, cultures, and locales.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sara Mansfield Taber\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1421425084\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781421425085\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/15\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.10w x 0.70d","brand":"Sara Mansfield Taber","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47930780811519,"sku":"9781421425085","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_084487d7-ac13-4b37-9c4c-19d572537ea5.jpg?v=1766344223","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/chance-particulars-sara-mansfield-taber-9781421425085","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}