Chance Particulars: A Writer's Field Notebook for Travelers, Bloggers, Essayists, Memoirists, Novelists, Journalists, Adventurers, Naturalists, Sketchers, and Other Note-Takers and Recorders of Life

This guide for writers provides insights into recording and using rich detail to enhance their work. The book is centered around the time-honored tradition—the meticulous keeping of a field notebook—to achieve a level of writing that will capture and develop language and captivate readers. Drawing from her extensive years of field notebook keeping, author Sara Mansfield Taber presents this primer for writers seeking to transform their experiences into captivating and satisfying narratives. Often, writers attempt to transform their notes into memoirs, essays, travel pieces, or stories, only to realize that they haven’t captured sufficient concrete, sensory details to create evocative descriptions. Adorned with illustrations, this charming guide serves as a practical manual for anyone aspiring to learn or refine their writing, ethnography, or journalism. This is for writers of all levels, genres, and ages, as well as writing educators.