Creative writing : a practical guide / Julia Casterton.
"This book is a practical guide to creative writing, providing advice on style, form, developing work, and how to get published. Drawing on interviews with other writers, and her own long experience as a poet and tutor, Julia Casterton examines many kinds of writing--autobiography, poetry, dial...
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| Language: | English |
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Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2005.
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| Edition: | Third edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Why write?
- 2. The space we inhabit
- 3. Bringing your descriptions to life
- 4. Making your characters speak
- 5. Making a short story
- 6. Speaking in different tongues, different tones
- 7. Hold the tension, hold the energy
- 8. Myth and making a narrative
- 9. Developing your narrative
- 10. Writing poetry
- 11. Preparing your poems for performance and publication
- 12. Love writing
- 13. Doing your research
- 14. Writing for yourself alone
- 15. Reaching an audience.