
Everything You Need to Know About Creative Writing
(But Knowing Isn't Everything...)
Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Published on 31. May 2007
Book
Hardback
204 pages
978-0-8264-9021-6 (ISBN)
Description
Everything You Need to Know About Creative Writing is an accessible, lively and entertaining companion providing practical and informative guidance for anyone interested in developing their writing including members of writing groups, aspiring writers and students taking courses in creative writing. The ideal guide to creative writing, it offers: - An essential, easy-to-use, reference covering all aspects of creative writing including the creative process; form and style; troubleshooting; workshopping; peer review; publishing etc. - An informative, witty and stress-relieving companion for the struggling student, writer and tutor - no-nonsense, practical advice and guidance - Useful contents lists by topic provide alternative routes through the book to enable readers to follow up particular interests or problems - Extensive cross-references to other entries and guides to further reading
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Adult education
students, writers and tutors
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
410 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8264-9021-6 (9780826490216)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Heather Leach is Senior Lecturer in the Contemporary Arts department of Manchester Metropolitan University. She is a published short story writer and won the THES Essay Prize 2004. Robert Graham is Creative Writing Subject Leader in the Contemporary Arts department of Manchester Metropolitan University. He is a published short story writer and also writes plays.
Content
Introduction; Alternative routes through the guide - A-Z entries include: Action; beginnings; blogs; card indexes; caricature; characterisation; confidence; criticism; digression; directness; double-spacing; e-books; editing; ends; English; events; failure; first person; free verse; getting lost; hooks; house style; inspiration; Internet, journals; length; literature; manuscript; metaphor; Modernism; motivation; Muds and Moos; narrative tension; negativity; novel; openings; page-breaks; perfectionism; plagiarism; proofreading; readers; reflective writing; research; self-criticism; self-publishing; short-story; simile; skills; slang; surrealism; tension; third-person; Trace Online Community; troubleshooting; verbs; violence; websites; white space; widows and orphans; words; work and writing for children and many more.