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Part textbook and part handbook, From "Huh?" to "Hurray!": Righting Your Creative Writing leads creative writers of all levels and all genres through the entire writing process. This accessible guide offers helpful suggestions to prompt and encourage even the most blocked writers to explore and develop their written word. Whether readers are working independently, with a class, or in a writers' group, the easy exercises contained within are created to inspire each to achieve his or her fullest potential.
Structured around the basic elements of all good creative writing, From "Huh?" to "Hurray!" takes its readers through the process of creation and composition in brief and comprehensible sections. Each chapter offers an overview and several specific examples of its topic, followed by a set of clear exercises designed for writers of all varieties, from the novice to the pro, from the poet to the novelist. This text will certainly take a writer's work from huh? to hurray!
Table of Contents
Chapter 2 Acknowledgements
Chapter 3 Introduction
Chapter 4 Chapter 1: Getting Started
Chapter 5 Chapter 2: Focusing on Details
Chapter 6 Chapter 3: Constructing a Setting
Chapter 7 Chapter 4: Building Character
Chapter 8 Chapter 5: Knowing Your Character
Chapter 9 Chapter 6 Creating Conflict
Chapter 10 Chapter 7: Speaking the Truth
Chapter 11 Chapter 8: Motivating the Agents
Chapter 12 Chapter 9: Finding your Point of View
Chapter 13 Chapter 10: Relying on the Unreliable
Chapter 14 Chapter 11: Taking the Time
Chapter 15 Chapter 12: Choosing the Words
Chapter 16 Chapter 13: Structuring Symbols
Chapter 17 Chapter 14: Making Meaning
Chapter 18 Chapter 15: Mastering Irony
Chapter 19 Chapter 16: Addressing Your Audience
Chapter 20 Chapter 17: Reviewing the Work
Chapter 21 Chapter 18: Revising Your Work
Chapter 22 Chapter 19: Polishing Your Manuscript
Chapter 23 Chapter 20: Being a Writer
Chapter 24 Epilogue
Chapter 25 Index
Product details
| Published | Nov 15 2010 |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 104 |
| ISBN | 9780761853367 |
| Imprint | University Press of America |
| Dimensions | 9 x 6 inches |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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