--- product_id: 7518639 title: "Storycraft: The Complete Guide to Writing Narrative Nonfiction (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing)" brand: "jack hart" price: "€ 68.53" currency: EUR in_stock: false reviews_count: 9 url: https://www.desertcart.hr/products/7518639-storycraft-the-complete-guide-to-writing-narrative-nonfiction-chicago-guides store_origin: HR region: Croatia --- # Storycraft: The Complete Guide to Writing Narrative Nonfiction (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing) **Brand:** jack hart **Price:** € 68.53 **Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Storycraft: The Complete Guide to Writing Narrative Nonfiction (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing) by jack hart - **How much does it cost?** € 68.53 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Currently out of stock - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.hr](https://www.desertcart.hr/products/7518639-storycraft-the-complete-guide-to-writing-narrative-nonfiction-chicago-guides) ## Best For - jack hart enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted jack hart brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Storycraft: The Complete Guide to Writing Narrative Nonfiction (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing) ## Images ![Storycraft: The Complete Guide to Writing Narrative Nonfiction (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/412B9QeTmWL.jpg) ![Storycraft: The Complete Guide to Writing Narrative Nonfiction (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing) - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51RyGqOTzKL.jpg) ![Storycraft: The Complete Guide to Writing Narrative Nonfiction (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing) - Image 3](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/31BynihPGhL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A superb book on nonfiction writing *by A***R on Reviewed in the United States on February 11, 2013* This is an excellent book because it provides excellent content and fairly comprehensive coverage on all the key aspects of narrative and explanatory nonfiction writing. In the last part of the book, it makes summary points on a variety of other nonfiction types such as short stories and vignettes, and discusses issues such as reporting and ethics.Both the book and the author definitely have the ring of authority. According to my Kindle, about 32% of the book is devoted to references and footnotes. I wish they were annotated footnotes, which are often worth reading, but these ones generally contain just the reference (which I'm sure the author thought was important to include).The writing was very good, as were the examples the author used. There were only a few places (mostly early in the book) where it felt like things were bogging down, or the connection between the body text and the examples was hard to find.The pace was fine too--it was neither a light nor tedious read, just about right for the subject matter.If I had to pick a nit, it would be in the (seemingly endless) number of words and sentences in the early part of the book devoted to scrupulously making full references to authors (full names) and their various articles to support one of the author's points. Many times the author would make a point, and basically say, "Joe X was a master at this in whatever, as was X in Y, and W in Z." No examples of writing from these articles were given for the reader, so it bordered on nothing more than name dropping to me.Having said that, the obvious gravitas and authority of the author made me believe that he was not the sort of person to just name drop for name dropping's sake. I'm sure he had a different intent (such as seriously meaning to support his points), but the utility of all the references was lost on me. Worse yet, it felt like more than a few such references were repeated in full, so I just skipped ahead when I saw another paragraph of that type.All in all, an excellent book by an author who clearly is a master at what he does. The book is worth every penny and every minute that I spent with it. I highlighted huge sections of the book, and was both surprised and pleased when I came to the big second topic of explanatory nonfiction, which exactly matched my current project, so I could immediately apply his excellent advice.I'd give this book 6 of 5 if I could. I gave it 9 (excellent, couldn't put it down) of 9 on my personal scale. I would strongly recommend this work to all writers, both fiction and nonfiction. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Very impressive *by R***S on Reviewed in the United States on August 5, 2011* Hart's main insight is that a story is a story and has the same structure (narrative arc) of exposition, crisis, resolution, and denouement, and the same elements (theme, character, scene, etc.) whether it is fiction or narrative non-fiction. A narrative is just a sequence of actions; a plot by contrast involves the selection of meaning. Hart's foil is journalism which is relatively flat and has no narrative arc; fiction is not his foil.Hart's book was the first addressing creative non-fiction that impressed me. It even helped me understand my own write-up of a participant observation study I conducted among Pacific Northwest Native Americans in 1969. My study included a reservation that Hart's team wrote up much more recently as an example of a long story narrative non-fiction in 2003.In 1969, when Red Power was in the air, Warm Springs Reservation was known for its Red Capitalism. When I arrived on the reservation I immediately had a near head-on collision with a drunk driver. According to Hart such problems were still endemic in 2003. The patch of free enterprise apparently did not take. Hart was quite confident--shall we say politically correct?--that he had another patch for social problems. The young emotionally crippled adults, like the alcoholic mother, Dorothy, were "the broken link in the chain of mid-Colombian Indian culture..." Psychotherapy was the patch. Didn't it work with Dorothy?My point is that many researchers or therapists would not accept the cultural explanation of alcoholism or other social problems like crime or early death. Hart was being very uncritical in a major example in a book which emphasizes the need to be very honest in narrative non-fiction.With that exception, Hart's book is very impressive. Every element is defined, with its function shown, and with a compelling example. It is a happy mixture of his own experience and classics in the field. And he really is a self-trained coach of narrative non-fiction from the perspective of journalism. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ It gave me both technical and ethical insight into writing my first book *by A***M on Reviewed in the United States on September 19, 2021* I’ve always known a good story when I came across one but I didn’t understand why I liked it. Story Craft gave me the insight into the structure of good stories. The author saved the best for last. His chapter on Ethics was both thought provoking and convicting. It forced me to asked the hard questions like “How many times have I violated the rules of ethics for the purposes of persuasion?”After I write this review, I’m going back for a second reading of the last chapter. This is a book I will be reading many times over. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.hr/products/7518639-storycraft-the-complete-guide-to-writing-narrative-nonfiction-chicago-guides](https://www.desertcart.hr/products/7518639-storycraft-the-complete-guide-to-writing-narrative-nonfiction-chicago-guides) --- *Product available on Desertcart Croatia* *Store origin: HR* *Last updated: 2026-06-07*