Philip Gerard, Chapter 3, "Researching"

Here's a good point from Gerard:

"All narratives move through time and space."

He says this in the context of telling aspiring creative nonfiction writers about the value of looking to maps for information about a subject. So, it's a good quote because it actually gives us an important piece of advise, but it also reminds us that literature (even contemporary essays) do not exist in a vacuum. An entire world is going on around this piece, and it is our job (as someone who aspires to tell the story as truthfully as we can) to understand and acknowledge this fact in our writing. This chapter is a good resource, totally chalk full of words of wisdom. That's always helpful.