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The Writer's Workbook 2ed
Jenny Newman, Edmund Cusick, Aileen La Tourette
RRP:
£14.99
ISBN:
9780340809655
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Summary:
'A unique blend of practical advice and distilled wisdom, invaluable as a guide for anyone seriously interested in a writing career - I wish I'd had it at my elbow when I started out'.
Barry Unsworth, Booker Prize winner for Sacred Hunger
Whether you're taking a course in creative writing or making your first solitary steps in fiction or poetry, this is the book you need. The Writer's Workbook provides a concise introduction to the terrain, with directions to the wider world of writing.
It offers key points of good practice, warnings about the main pitfalls and a variety of exercises to hone your skills. You'll find advice on writing short stories, poetry, novels, song lyrics, plays, TV, radio and film scripts, as well as advice on writing for children, travel writing, writing on the web, and how to get published.
Written by a team of novelists, poets and dramatists who are also experienced writing teachers, this book is all you need to get started!
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Table of Contents:
 About the editors
About the contributors
Preface
Acknowledgements
Part One: Exploring
1. The writer's journal (Jenny Newman & Edmund Cusick)
2. Reading as a writer (James Friel)
3. Working with myth (Edmund Cusick)
Part Two: Advancing
4. Rhythm (Edmund Cusick)
5. Writing Poetry (Gladys Mary Coles)
6. Short story writing (Jenny Newman)
7. Writing for screen and television (Dave Jackson)
8. Writing for stage (Dymphna Callery)
9. Writing for radio (Aileen La Tourette)
10. Writing a novel (James Friel)
Part Three: Branching Out
11. Song lyric writing (Dave Jackson)
12. Travel Writing (Aileen La Tourette)
13. Writing on the web (James Friel)
14. Writing for children (Rose Flint & Jenny Newman)
15. Redrafting and editing (Jenny Newman)
16. Getting published, produced or performed (Jenny Newman, Edmund Cusick & Aileen La Tourette)
Conclusion
Appendix A: The workshop (Edmund Cusick)
Appendix B: Writing from research (Dymphna Callery)
Select Bibliography
Index
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About the Author(s):
Jenny Newman is Head of the Liverpool John Moores Centre for Writing, and author of the novels Going In and Life Class.
Edmund Cusick is Head of Writing at Liverpool John Moores University, and winner of the Housman Poetry Prize.
Aileen La Tourette's poetry collection Downward Mobility is due out from Headland in 2004. She also writes fiction and radio drama, and is a lecturer in Liverpool John Moores Centre for Writing.
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Readership:
Undergraduates and MA students of Creative Writing; Undergraduate students of English Language and Literature, A-level students, General readers with an interest in creative writing.
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Reviews:
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A unique blend of practical advice and distilled wisdom, invaluable as a guide for anyone seriously interested in a writing career - I wish I'd had it at my elbow when I started out.
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Barry Unsworth, Booker Prize winner for Sacred Hun
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Looks excellent, layout, level and directness all very strong, purposeful and student-friendly.
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Peter Barry, University of Wales Aberystwyth
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