A Creative Writing Handbook (Paperback)
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Paperback. An essential guide for writers of fiction, poetry, life writing and drama, A Creative Writing Handbook offers expert advice on structuring compelling narratives and cultivating distinctive voices.Writing, research and editing activities combine with rich and varied examples to help develop the skills and techniques a writer needs. This hands-on approach examines scriptwriting for different media and considers how skills and techniques from one form of writing might usefully cross over to others: how does a short story become a film? How are techniques from scriptwriting employed in novels? And how might poets and life writers fruitfully engage with the strategies of dramatists and writers of prose fiction?This second edition has been extensively updated with content that reflects current developments in forms such as life writing, flash fiction and audio drama. It includes examples of work by a wide range of writers using a variety of styles and approaches, showcasing the diversity of contemporary writing. For individual writers, writing groups and courses, and writers workshops, A Creative Writing Handbook provides: creative techniques for developing short stories and novels detailed introductions to stage, audio and film writing strategies for incorporating dramatic techniques in poetry thought-provoking approaches to life writing practical guidance on layout and adaptation techniques for different media exciting activities to help writers discover new approaches, strengthen their writing, and develop their own practice and voice.A Creative Writing Handbook has been written by nine published authors and creative writing lecturers who have taught at institutions including the University of Cambridge, the University of East Anglia and New York University.It is edited by Derek Neale, a fiction writer and dramatist who is Emeritus Professor of Creative Writing at The Open University, and Heather Richardson, Emma Claire Sweeney and Siobhan Campbell, Senior Lecturers in Creative Writing at The Open University, who are variously novelists, short story writers, poets and authors of creative non-fiction. Created by the instructors of the Open University creative writing courses, this 2nd edition is a guide to writing and practicing within the genres of poetry, life writing, fiction and scripts, with emphasis on how dramatic techniques can enrich a writer's work. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…
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- Título
- A Creative Writing Handbook (Paperback)
- Autor
- Derek Neale
- Editorial
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, London
- Año de publicación
- 2025
- Estado
- new
- Encuadernación
- Paperback
- Idioma
- inglés
- ISBN 10
- 1350497797
- ISBN 13
- 9781350497795
- Edición
- 2ª Edición
An essential guide for writers of fiction, poetry, life writing and drama, A Creative Writing Handbook offers expert advice on structuring compelling narratives and cultivating distinctive voices.
Writing, research and editing activities combine with rich and varied examples to help develop the skills and techniques a writer needs. This hands-on approach examines scriptwriting for different media and considers how skills and techniques from one form of writing might usefully cross over to others: how does a short story become a film? How are techniques from scriptwriting employed in novels? And how might poets and life writers fruitfully engage with the strategies of dramatists and writers of prose fiction?
This second edition has been extensively updated with content that reflects current developments in forms such as life writing, flash fiction and audio drama. It includes examples of work by a wide range of writers using a variety of styles and approaches, showcasing the diversity of contemporary writing.
For individual writers, writing groups and courses, and writers' workshops, A Creative Writing Handbook provides:
creative techniques for developing short stories and novels
detailed introductions to stage, audio and film writing
strategies for incorporating dramatic techniques in poetry
thought-provoking approaches to life writing
practical guidance on layout and adaptation techniques for different media
exciting activities to help writers discover new approaches, strengthen their writing, and develop their own practice and voice.
A Creative Writing Handbook has been written by nine published authors and creative writing lecturers who have taught at institutions including the University of Cambridge, the University of East Anglia and New York University.
It is edited by Derek Neale, a fiction writer and dramatist who is Emeritus Professor of Creative Writing at The Open University, and Heather Richardson, Emma Claire Sweeney and Siobhán Campbell, Senior Lecturers in Creative Writing at The Open University, who are variously novelists, short story writers, poets and authors of creative non-fiction.
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Emma Claire Sweeney is a Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at The Open University. She has been Writer in Residence at Mencap and co-directs The Ruppin Agency Writers' Studio.
Emma's novel, Owl Song at Dawn, won Nudge Book of the Year (Literary Category), and her group biography, A Secret Sisterhood: The Hidden Friendships of Austen, Brontë, Eliot and Woolf, co-written with Emily Midorikawa, was praised by Margaret Atwood for having "done much service to literary history." Emma has received awards from the Society of Authors, Arts Council, and Royal Literary Fund, and has written for publications including The Paris Review, TIME, and The Washington Post.
Siobhán Campbell is Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at The Open University, UK. She holds degrees in Literature and Creative Writing from Lancaster University and University College Dublin. She has served as Visiting Professor at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte, and as Associate Professor of English Literature and Creative Writing at Kingston University London. Her six poetry collections include Heat Signature and Cross-Talk (Seren Books). Her awards include the Oxford Brookes International Poetry Prize, Irish Poem of the Year (2021), and prizes in The Troubadour, Michael Marks, and the National Poetry Competition.
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