
The Creative Writing Handbook
Techniques for New Writers
Palgrave Macmillan (Publisher)
Published on 21. August 1996
Book
Paperback/Softback
296 pages
978-0-333-64226-9 (ISBN)
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Description
The Creative Writing Handbook is a new kind of textbook which will prove an indispensable guide for anyone who wants to develop and improve their writing. Written by professional writers and teachers it covers all aspects of the writing process, from drafting first thoughts to shaping them into polished and publishable work. In a series of lively and stimulating chapters all major areas of writing are explored, from journalism, play-scripting and screen writing to short fiction, autobiography, poetry and experimental prose. The Handbook combines an approachable and accessible style with an informed and perceptive view of creative writing and its place in our contemporary world. The Handbook offers the new writer a whole range of creative ideas, sound advice and open-ended tasks for exploring experience, mastering technique and thereby releasing the full potential of the imagination. The workshop descriptions are full of invaluable ideas on how to run group sessions and offer a rich fund of suggestions for developing writing beyond the classroom.
The emphasis throughout is on the play of the imagination, on the discipline of crafting and on the inventive and original use of language. Above all it's about making words work, and making them work well.
The emphasis throughout is on the play of the imagination, on the discipline of crafting and on the inventive and original use of language. Above all it's about making words work, and making them work well.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Basingstoke
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Illustrations
biographical notes
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
Weight
372 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-333-64226-9 (9780333642269)
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John Singleton | Mary Luckhurst
The Creative Writing Handbook
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Content
Acknowledgements - How to Use this Book - The Writer and the World; M.Luckhurst & J.Singleton - The Workshop Way; L.Allen - Words Words Words; J.Singleton & G.Sutton - Writing the Self; A.Cox - The Short Story; J.Singleton - Innovative Fiction and the Novel; E.Baines - Writing to Form: Verse; J.Lennard - Writing for Performance: Stage, Screen and Radio; M.Luckhurst - Journalism; M.Luckhurst & B.Princep - Editing and Re-writing; L.Cashdan, M.Luckhurst & J.Singleton - Recommended Reading - Biographical Notes