Get Started in Creative Writing
| Series | Teach Yourself |
| First Published by | Hodder Education, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. |
| Copyright Holder | Stephen May (2) |
| Typeset by | MPS Limited |
| Format | Paperback |
| Language | English |
| This Edition Published | 2010 |
| Copyright | 2008 |
| Copyright | 2010 |
| Pages / Font | 291 pages |
| ISBN 13 | 978-1-444-10318-2 |
| Barcode | 9 781444 103182 |
| EAN 5 | 00999 |
| Impression/Printing No. | 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 |
| Price | £9.99 |
| Chapters | Meet the author Only got a minute? Only got five minutes? Only got ten minutes? 1 Why write? Writing is easy Writing is natural Creative writing is good for you Finding time to write A word about technology Professional tip from John Siddique 2 Ideas and inspirations Capturing ideas Generating your own ideas Using what only you know Using magazines and newspapers Professional tip from David Armstrong 3 The feature article What is an article? Choosing a subject Your first article - a step-by-step guide Approaching an editor Photographs Payment Professional tip from Anthony Clavane 4 The short story Some common mistakes The ingredients Finding short story ideas Finding believable characters A convincing background A good opening Shape A satisfying ending Where to send your story Professional tip from Jo Verity 5 Poetry Finding your own voice Haiku Sonnets Free verse Writing poetry fro yourself Reading poetry Unlikely points of view Curses When is a poem finished? Sending your work out Professional tip from Jacob Polley 6 Creative non-fiction What is creative non-fiction? Finding a subject Structure Flexibility Beginning your research Organizing your material Keeping it legal Writing a proposal Professional tip from Ian Merchant 7 Travel writing Stand and stare Putting personality into the picture Professional tip from Christopher George 8 Blogging The magic of blogging How to stand out from the crowd Some health warnings Professional tip from Caroline Smailes 9 Writing for children The rarest kind of 'best' What is the real thing? Deciding on an age group Losing past loves Originality Giving power to the weak Revel in naughtiness The problem of problems Illustrations Poetry for children Sharing stories Professional tip from Lee Weatherly 10 Starting to write a novel The challenge First steps The theme Viewpoints Whose story is it? Structure Setting Teach something Story, story, story Don't get it right, get it written Professional tip from Jeremy Sheldon 11 Setting The importance of place Examples of a visual style Professional tip from Monique Roffey 12 Characterization Creating believable characters Stereotypes and archetypes Choosing names Describing your characters Possessions Motive and desire Professional tip from Mavis Cheek 13 Plotting The classic plots Planning Suspense Where did I put those keys? Writer as sadist Subplots Endings Professional tip from Christopher Wakling 14 Dialogue Life versus art Exposition He said, she said Mastering voices Context Layout Professional tip from Eleanor Moran 15 The difficult business of second drafts The craft of revision When not to murder your babies Working preferences Points for revision The art of good style The enemies of good style Professional tip from Monique Roffey 16 Writing stage plays The purpose of theatre Stage characters The inciting incident Status Conflict Tension Dialogue versus action Structure How to market your play Adaptation Professional tip from Willy Russell 17 Writing radio plays The BBC Liberation The vision thing Direct address Including sound Where to send your radio script Professional tip from Mark Illis 18 Screenwriting Why write for television? Basic formats of television drama Where to start The outline Layout A calling card script Writing collaboratively Writing for film Star talent The short film Professional tip from Jenny Lecoat 19 Agents and publishers How not to get published Why do you need an agent? How do you get an agent? Publishers Small presses Coping with rejection Self-publishing Professional tip from Camilla Hornby 20 Moving on Creative writing classes The Arvon Foundation Literary festivals and conferences Writers' circles The creative writing MA Literary consultancies Mentoring Taking it further Bibliography Index |
| Notes | First published in UK 2008 by Hodder Education First published in US 2010 by The MacGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Previously published as Teach Yourself Creative Writing Printed in Great Britain for Hodder Education |
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