Summary: Is this the right book for me?An indispensible guide to unlocking your creativity and finding your voice Get Started in Creative Writing will help you choose a genre of writing that suits you best, whether fiction or non-fiction, short stories or novels, children's books or travel writing. It features guidelines for do's and don'ts along with suggestions for crafting a distinctive style.With tips from some of the best-known writers of fiction and non-fiction, you will receive loads of helpful advice to enable you get your own work published.Get Started in Creative Writing includes: Chapter 1: Why write?Chapter 2: Ideas and inspirationsChapter 3: The feature articleChapter 4: The short storyChapter 5: PoetryChapter 6: Creative non-fictionChapter 7: Travel writingChapter 8: BloggingChapter 9: Writing for childrenChapter 10: Starting to write a novel Chapter 11: SettingChapter 12: CharacterizationChapter 13: PlottingChapter 14: DialogueChapter 15: The difficult business of second draftsChapter 16: Writing stage playsChapter 17: Writing radio playsChapter 18: ScreenwritingChapter 19: Agents and publishersChapter 20: Moving on Learn effortlessly with a new easy-to-read page design and interactive features: Not got much time?One, five and ten-minute introductions to key principles to get you started.Author insightsLots of instant help with common problems and quick tips for success, based on the author's many years of experience.Test yourselfTests in the book and online to keep track of your progress.Extend your knowledgeExtra online articles to give you a richer understanding of the subject.Five things to rememberQuick refreshers to help you remember the key facts.Try thisInnovative exercises illustrate what you've learnt and how to use it.
Tutorials and chapters to cover every genre of writing, fictional and non-fictional alike.Features comments and suggestions from celebrated and successful authors.Includes guidelines on how to present, submit and even publish your work.
Table of Contents: INTRODUCTION1. SO YOU WANT TO WRITE GETTING STARTED – THE PRACTICAL WAY2 – FINDING YOUR VOICE3 – HOW TO WRITE A SHORT STORY4 – HOW TO WRITE A POEM5 – SPOKEN WORD AND PERFORMANCE POETRY6 – HOW TO WRITE A NOVEL7 – WRITING FOR CHILDREN8 – WRITING FOR YOUNG ADULTS9 – WRITING SCIENCE FICTION10 – WRITING A GRAPHIC NOVEL11 – WRITING CREATIVE NON-FICTION12 – WRITING FROM LIFE13 – WRITING FROM HISTORY14 – TRAVEL WRITING15 – JOURNALISM: WRITING AN ARTICLE16 – WRITING FOR TELEVISION17– WRITING PLAYS18 WRITING SCREENPLAYS19 WRITING FOR THE INTERNET20 – THE POWER AND ART OF EDITING AND REVISING21 – FINDING AN AGENT OR GO DIRECT?22 GETTING POETRY READY FOR PUBLISHERS23 GETTING FICTION AND NON-FICTION READY FOR PUBLISHERS24 – SUBMITTING A PLAY25 SUBMITTING FOR TV AND RADIO26 – SUBMITTING JOURNALISM27 WRITER SUPPORT NETWORKS
About the Author(s): Stephen May is a playwright and novelist and holds an MA in creative writing from Manchester Metropolitan University. He is Director of the Ted Hughes Arvon Centre at Lumb Bank where he has programmed and organised courses attended by over 2000 different writers.
Readership: Those interested in learning to write creatively either for pleasure or professionally
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