A lot the guidance of Triggering Town doesn’t work for non-fiction. For us, the silver silo stays silver, even if it would be cooler in black. However, like with any book, our job, as readers, it to find what in it is useful to us. Although there are nuances to our genera, as writers, we are slaves and masters of words. Richard Hugo gives a lot of advice about the nature of words and subjects that a good writer, or an aspiring good writer, would be wise to heed.
“Think small. If you have a big mind, that will show itself.” Nonfiction can be great and engaging regardless of the topic it covers. The way it does this is by thinking small. Orwell’s “Shooting and Elephant” is great, at least in part,