Creative Writer's Handbook
5th Edition
Published on 26. August 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
432 pages
978-0-13-605052-0 (ISBN)
Description
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
5th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Dimensions
Height: 10 mm
Width: 10 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
576 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-13-605052-0 (9780136050520)
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Previous edition
Philip K. Jason | Allan B. Lefcowitz
Creative Writer's Handbook
Book
09/2004
4th Edition
Pearson
€43.39
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Content
Anthology of Poems
Part I A Writer's Concerns
1 Working like a Writer
2 Journal/Research/Invention
3 Point of View
4 Language Is Your Medium
Part II The Concerns of the Poet
5 The Elements of Poetry
6 Practicing Poetry
7 Poetry Problems
Part III The Concerns of the Storyteller
8 The Elements of Fiction
9 Narration and Its Techniques
10 Creative Nonfiction
11 Stories and Nonfiction
Part IV The Concerns of the Playwright
12 The Elements of Drama
13 Dialogue and Its Problems
14 Plays and Screen Plays
Part V The Writer's Business
15 From Drafting to Revision to Submission
Glossary of Key Terms
Acknowledgments
Index
Part I A Writer's Concerns
1 Working like a Writer
2 Journal/Research/Invention
3 Point of View
4 Language Is Your Medium
Part II The Concerns of the Poet
5 The Elements of Poetry
6 Practicing Poetry
7 Poetry Problems
Part III The Concerns of the Storyteller
8 The Elements of Fiction
9 Narration and Its Techniques
10 Creative Nonfiction
11 Stories and Nonfiction
Part IV The Concerns of the Playwright
12 The Elements of Drama
13 Dialogue and Its Problems
14 Plays and Screen Plays
Part V The Writer's Business
15 From Drafting to Revision to Submission
Glossary of Key Terms
Acknowledgments
Index