Everyday Creative Writing
McGraw-Hill Contemporary (Publisher)
2nd Edition
Published on 1. January 1999
Other
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220 pages
978-0-8442-0338-6 (ISBN)
Description
This work leads students on an exploration of their everyday lives to find inspiration and ideas. Over forty invention exercises show students how to mine their creativity to find gold-creative writing gold-even in the murky bubbles of the kitchen sink. A variety of prewriting tools make it easy for students to dig in and get started, from freewriting and free association to puzzles and computer gaming. Invention exercises spark creativity by using experiences, behaviors, and objects that students are very familiar with, such as family, routines, work, travel, and romance. "Everyday Creative Writing" also shows students how to assess the quality of what they have written, and provides guidelines for submitting finished work for publication.
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Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 153 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
394 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8442-0338-6 (9780844203386)
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Schweitzer Classification
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Previous edition
Book
03/1996
NTC Publishing Group,U.S.
€21.03
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Content
Provisions and Prospecting Tools Provisions Prospecting Tools What Form Should You Choose Around the House Why I Will Not Get Out of Bed Holding On and Letting Go Furniture Movers* Baggage At the Dinner Table Paper trails I have Been Eating Boredom* Home Contractors* Honey, I'm Home* The Evolution of Mini-Skills The Note Read, "There Are More Where These Came From" Quilting The Family Normal Photo Album Product Warnings Down the Street Getting Lost, Finding the Way Excuses, Excuses, Excuses* Caught Up in the News Neighborly and Unneighborly Neighbors Customs and the Customary Building Codes and Zones* "I Would Have Burned My Hair for that Waitress" Community Service The Road Not Taken The Briefcase Around the Water Cooler Checking out the Checkout Line Exit interview* Modern Romance Half Accountant, Half Bartender* In the Gold Mine The Elements Folk Remedies The Cliche's the Thing Crossing Relationship Boundaries What Things Say Changes in Preference Subtitles and Double talk Setting as Character* Citizen Oz* He Said, Winkingly* Character by Association "My Mother Was Like an Ornate Castle" Comparing Apples and Orangutans* As Restless as Pantyhose Implausible Causes and Unlikely Effects Assaying: How do You Know It's Gold? Does It Glitter: Freshness and Originality How to Sort Real Gold from Fool's Gold Some Final Thoughts From Nuggets to Artifacts: Finishing What You Started* When You Get Stuck Writing a Poem When You Get Stuck Writing a Story When You Get Stuck Writing a Creative Essay When You Get Stuck in general Gold Futures: Prospects for Publication* Finding a Home for Your Work How to Submit Work * New exercises or sections