Contents
Foreword David T. Hansen ? vii
Acknowledgments ?xi
Introduction: The Seminar That Inspired This Book Caroline Heller ?1
Seminar Syllabus: Narrative Writing for Qualitative Researchers, Spring, 2019 ?7
1. ?Invitations and Permissions: Consider the Meatball ?19
Krysta Betit
2. ?Before, Between, and Beyond: Communicating Meaning ?24
Garo Saraydarian (followed by drafts of paper by Garo)
3. ?Finding the Story in the Data ?39
Denise Mytko (followed by drafts of papers by Denise and Thelma Goldberg)
4. ?The River Is Wide ?51
Rebecca Redlon (followed by drafts of paper by Rebecca)
5. ?Meaning Through Journeying ?65
Krysta Betit (followed by art work and drafts of chapter by Krysta)
6. ?Representational Adequacy: Bringing My Scene to Life ?78
Jeanne Lima
7. ?Finding Narrative Gifts in Film ?89
Allison Horváth-Tucker
8. ?Number Our Days: A Study of Community ?95
Thelma Goldberg (followed by drafts of paper by Garo Saraydarian)
9. ?Sweetgrass: A Chance to Feel ?112
Avigail Shimshoni
10. ?Envisioning and Embracing ?124
Kat Marsh (followed by drafts of paper by Kat)
11. ?Wrong Question and Finding and Writing the Angle of an Interview ?145
Kat Marsh (followed by drafts of paper by Kat)
12. ?Circle of Trust: Vulnerabilities Carefully Rendered ?160
Rebecca Redlon and Garo Saraydarian
Appendixes of Seminar Handouts
Appendix A: Revision Worksheet ?171
Appendix B: Taming the Chaos of Your Data ?173
Appendix C: Thoughts on Characterization ?177
Appendix D: Sentiment and Sentimentality ?179
Appendix E: Objective Correlative: T. S. Eliot ?181
Index ?183
About the Contributors ?187