Creative Writing Guidebook

Inbunden, Engelska, 2008

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Beskrivning

Creative writing is a popular subject area which is growing rapidly. With a wealth of excellent international contributors in genre specific and cross-genre chapters this book sets out an informative and inspiring introduction to writing creatively."The Creative Writing Guidebook" is the key text for learning creative writing. Packed full of useful advice, exercises and readings, it sets out an informative and inspiring introduction to writing creatively. Taking a practical, workshop approach to creative writing, this comprehensive guidebook includes introductions to genres of writing, including the novel, poetry, screenwriting, new media and non-fiction. It also includes workshop exercises suitable for each genre; a wide-range of examples and suggestions for further reading and discussions of cross-genre issues such as point of view, character, setting and voice.Written by internationally renowned experts, this is the definitive textbook on creative writing for students.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2008-10-08
Mått:175 x 250 x 13 mm
Vikt:454 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:152
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9780826494283

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Professor Graeme Harper is Professor of Creative Writing and Director of the National Institute for Excellence in the Creative Industries at Bangor University, UK. He is Editor-in-Chief of the journal New Writing: the International Journal for the practice and Theory of Creative Writing and inaugural Chair of the Higher Education Steering Group for Creative Writing.

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"'Graeme Harper is quite possibly the best person in the country to edit this book. Richard Keridge, Bath Spa University College, UK"

Innehållsförteckning

Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction, Graeme Harper (University of Portsmouth, UK); I. The Workshops; Short Fiction Works, Catherine Dent and Silas Zobal; Poetry Workshop, Jeri Kroll (Flinders University, Australia); Novel Workshop, Graeme Harper (University of Portsmouth, UK); Playwriting Workshop, Oliver Mayer; Scriptwriting Workshop, Ken Dancyger; Radio Writing Workshop, Graham Mort; New Media Workshop, Hazel Smith; Creative Non-Fiction Workshop, William S Penn; Writing for Children Workshop, Gill James; II. Across the Workshops; Structure, Style, Theme, Adrianne Finlay; Voice, Form, Point of View, Graeme Harper (University of Portsmouth, UK); Author biographies; Bibliography; Index.