Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- An Introduction to Immersion Writing: Its Similarities and Differences from the Traditional Memoir and Traditional Journalism -- In Defense of the Vertical Pronoun -- Forms of Immersion -- CHAPTER ONE: Immersion Memoir -- The Reenactment -- The Experiment -- The Infiltration -- The Investigation -- The Quest -- Exercises -- CHAPTER TWO: Immersion Journalism -- The Investigation -- The Reenactment -- The Quest -- The Experiment -- The Infiltration -- Exercises -- CHAPTER THREE: Travel Writing -- The Infiltration -- The Quest -- The Reenactment -- The Investigation or Forensic Journey -- The Experiment -- Exercises -- CHAPTER FOUR: Ethical and Legal Considerations -- Ethics -- Writing about Family and Friends -- Writing about Others -- Exercises -- CHAPTER FIVE: Legwork -- The Proposal -- Magazine Proposals -- A Few Words on the Interview -- The Proposal Reconsidered -- Exercises -- Conclusion: Say What You See -- For Further Reading.