Writing a recount. Remember, when you write a recount, you should: 1. Write in the first person because it happened to you. For example: I felt excited.

A recount is a way of telling others what has happened to you. A diary entry is a type of recount. Here are some key features to remember when writing a recount: ...

Next Sunday, HBO will premiere Recount, a docudrama starring Kevin Spacey and Tom Wilkinson that purports to tell the “story behind the headlines” of the contested 2000 presidential election ...

Kealey, author of “The Creative Writing MFA Handbook,” earned his MFA from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Frisch holds an MFA in Fiction from Washington University in Saint Louis.