In one form or another, the essay is the basic structure of almost every form of nonfiction writing, such as editorials and opinion pieces, legal opinions, magazine articles, newspaper features, speeches, and report summaries. The principles of essay writing can also be applied to descriptive passages in fiction or entire works of nonfiction,… –from The Everything Improve Your Writing Book by Pamela Rice Hahn

	The Art of Creative Nonfiction: Writing and Selling the Literature of Reality (Wiley Books for Writers Series) by Lee Gutkind (1997) John Wiley & Sons
	The Essayist at Work: Profiles of Creative Nonfiction Writers by Lee Gutkind (Editor), Annie Dillard (1998) Heinemann
	Write Better Essays in Just 20 Minutes a Day by Elizabeth Chesla (2006) Learning Express
Additional Essay Books:
	The Art of the Personal Essay: An Anthology from the Classical Era to the Present by Phillip Lopate (1997)
	Contemporary Creative Nonfiction: The Art of Truth by Bill Roorbach (Editor) (2001) Oxford University Press
	Contemporary Creative Nonfiction: I & Eye by Bich Minh Nguyen and Porter Shreve (2004)
	Schaum’s Quick Guide to Writing Great Essays by Molly McClain, Jacqueline D. Roth (1998) McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing
	Shadow Boxing: Art and Craft in Creative Nonfiction by Kristen Iversen (2003) Prentice Hall
	Writing Creative Nonfiction: Fiction Techniques for Crafting Great Nonfiction by Theodore Rees Cheney (2001) Ten Speed Press
	Writing Creative Nonfiction: Instruction and Insights from Teachers of the Associated Writing Programs by Carolyn Forche (Editor), Philip Gerard (Editor) (2001) Story Pr.
	Writing Personal Essays: How to Shape Your Life Experiences for the Page by Sheila Bender (1995)
	Writing and Publishing Personal Essays by Sheila Bender (2005)
Also see Memoirs

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