Table of Contents

1. An Introduction to Our Approach
2. Why Narratives Matter: Knowledge of Purposes and Contexts
3. Thinking About the Substance of Stories
4. Shaping the Substance of Stories
5. Narrative Nonfiction: Writing About the Self
6. Narrative Nonfiction as Literary Journalism: Writing About Others and the World
7. Writing Imaginative Narratives
8. Composing Narratives with Words and Images
9. How Narrative Can Serve Young People