Practice of Creative Writing A Guide for Students

Name: Practice of Creative Writing A Guide for Students
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ISBN: 9780312436476

ISBN-10: 0312436475

ISBN-13: 9780312436476

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Authors: Heather Sellers

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"The Practice of Creative Writing" is designed for all students in the introductory course, including those who may never take another writing class. Its message is, simply put: you can do this, and it's worthwhile to try. Heather Sellers, who writes in multiple genres herself, has developed an approach that focuses on the habits and strategies that produce good writing in any genre. These habits and strategies make it possible for students to focus, to generate lots of writing, and to get to the good stuff -- the powerful imagery and the stories they really want to tell. She makes creative writing fun by providing opportunities to be playful and to experiment at the same time she teaches…

Book details

List price: $54.99
Publisher: Bedford/Saint Martin's
Publication date: 7/27/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 448
Size: 6.50" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English



Preface


Introduction for Students


What Creative Writers Do


Questions Creative Writers Ask


The Four Parts of Creative Writing



A Writing Life



Finding Focus


The Mind's Eye


Subject: Focus on What?


Practicing Focus


Lack of Focus


Writing Projects



Writing and Reading


Reading Work in Progress


Reading Finished Work


Types of Creative Writing


Reading to Write: The Art of Imitation


Writing Projects


Readings:


Consolations After an Affair (poetry)



Winter Field (poetry)



The Night Aliens in a White Van Kidnapped My Teenage Son Near the Baptist Church Parking Lot (fiction)



Rain (nonfiction)



Buying Wine (poetry)



The Question Mark (poetry)



Af ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ ter ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ glow (poetry)