Creative Writer's Handbook
4th Edition
Published on 2. September 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
432 pages
978-0-13-189371-9 (ISBN)
Description
For Creative Writing as well as General English courses.
This handbook is the perfect reference for beginning creative writers. It offers abundant illustrations, exercises, and useful techniques in all genres. While emphasizing problem-solving and the mastery of literary conventions, this handbook also takes the apprentice writer on a journey from inspiration to revision.
This handbook is the perfect reference for beginning creative writers. It offers abundant illustrations, exercises, and useful techniques in all genres. While emphasizing problem-solving and the mastery of literary conventions, this handbook also takes the apprentice writer on a journey from inspiration to revision.
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Edition
4th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
519 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-13-189371-9 (9780131893719)
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Philip Jason | Allan Lefcowitz
Creative Writer's Handbook
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08/2010
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08/1998
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Content
I. A WRITER'S CONCERNS.
1. Working like a Writer.
2. Keeping a Journal.
3. Point of View.
Rhody's Path, William Goyen.
4. Language Is Your Medium.
5. Invention and Research.
Ellis Island: Then and Now, Sharon Spencer.
II. THE CONCERNS OF THE POET.
6. The Elements of Poetry.
7. Practicing Poetry.
8. Poetry Problems.
III. THE CONCERNS OF THE STORYTELLER.
9. The Elements of Fiction.
10. Narration and Its Problems.
11. Creative Nonfiction.
12. Stories and Memoirs.
The Thing with Willie, Karen Sagstetter. A Very Short Story, Ernest Hemingway . The Boarding House, James Joyce. Sunday in the Park, Bel Kaufman. The First Day, Edward Jones. Just Married, Tony Earley. Chinese Medicine, Hilary Tham. Close Encounters of the Sneaky Kind, Richard Conniff.
IV. THE CONCERNS OF THE PLAYWRIGHT.
13. The Elements of Drama.
14. Dialogue and Its Problems.
The Day They Shot John Lennon, James McLure.
15. Plays and Screen Plays.
Procedure, Joyce Carol Oates. Last Day of Camp, Jeffrey Sweet.
V. THE WRITER'S BUSINESS.
16. From Revision to Submission.
17. Tools and Resources.
Glossary of Key Terms.
1. Working like a Writer.
2. Keeping a Journal.
3. Point of View.
Rhody's Path, William Goyen.
4. Language Is Your Medium.
5. Invention and Research.
Ellis Island: Then and Now, Sharon Spencer.
II. THE CONCERNS OF THE POET.
6. The Elements of Poetry.
7. Practicing Poetry.
8. Poetry Problems.
III. THE CONCERNS OF THE STORYTELLER.
9. The Elements of Fiction.
10. Narration and Its Problems.
11. Creative Nonfiction.
12. Stories and Memoirs.
The Thing with Willie, Karen Sagstetter. A Very Short Story, Ernest Hemingway . The Boarding House, James Joyce. Sunday in the Park, Bel Kaufman. The First Day, Edward Jones. Just Married, Tony Earley. Chinese Medicine, Hilary Tham. Close Encounters of the Sneaky Kind, Richard Conniff.
IV. THE CONCERNS OF THE PLAYWRIGHT.
13. The Elements of Drama.
14. Dialogue and Its Problems.
The Day They Shot John Lennon, James McLure.
15. Plays and Screen Plays.
Procedure, Joyce Carol Oates. Last Day of Camp, Jeffrey Sweet.
V. THE WRITER'S BUSINESS.
16. From Revision to Submission.
17. Tools and Resources.
Glossary of Key Terms.