The Elements of Story: Field Notes on Nonfiction Writing George Rippey Stewart celebrates the stories of people

celebrates the stories of people on his route

the handsome young man who delivers bread to the kitchen house each day

- Cast lists and plot synopses

It is a call to action

for family

The Elements of Story: Field Notes on Nonfiction Writing George Rippey Stewart celebrates the stories of people"A splendid book for journalists (new or old), fiction writers, essayists, and critics. But it could also be of great use to the intelligent common reader, the man or woman who wonders why it's impossible to finish reading certain stories and why others carry the reader in a vivid rush to the end." Pete Hamill, author of A Drinking Life In the spirit of Strunk and White's classic The Elements of Style, comes The Elements of Story, by Francis Flaherty,