Writing Brave & Free Encouraging Words for People Who Want to Start Writing

Name: Writing Brave & Free Encouraging Words for People Who Want to Start Writing
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ISBN: 9780803278325

ISBN-10: 0803278322

ISBN-13: 9780803278325

Edition: 2006

Authors: Ted Kooser, Steve Cox

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Sometimes setting pen to paper requires bravery, and writing well means breaking free of the rules learned in school. Liberating and emboldening the beginning writer are the goals of Ted Kooser and Steve Cox in this spirited book of practical wisdom that brings to bear decades of invaluable experience in writing, teaching, editing, and publishing. Unlike “how to write” books that dwell on the angst and the agony of the trade,Writing Brave and Freeis upbeat and accessible. The focus here is the work itself: how to get started and how to keep going, and never is heard a discouraging word such as “no,” “not,” or “never.” Because of the wealth of their experience, the authors can offer the…

Book details

List price: $14.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Publication date: 3/1/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 178
Size: 5.57" wide x 8.47" long x 0.40" tall
Weight: 0.506
Language: English




Writing Brave and Free



What's Standing in Your Way?



Yes, You Can



What Do You Know?



Enchanting Details



Rules? We Don' Need No Stinkin' Rules!



No Shoulds, No Should Nots



Input and Output



Getting Started



The Ten-Minute Exercise



Overcoming Obstacles to Extended Writing



Developing the Habit of Writing



Don't Forget to Read!



The Environment for Writing



The Writer's Tools



Your Clean, Well-Lighted Writing Place



Relax! The World Is Resting on Your Shoulders



You and Your Readers



What Reader Do You Have in Mind?



Writing for Friends and Relations



Writing for Strangers



Taking Control



About Your Imaginary Reader



Elements of a Piece of Writing



The Country of Memory



Writing about One Thing



Getting Organized



Sensory Detail



Suspense



The Size and Scope of Things



A Sentimental Journey



Transparency



The Unexpected Detail



It's a Figure of Speech



Before Us on the Table



Be Positive, Emphatic, Clear, and Active



Transformative Experience



Revision and Getting Help



Revise and Wait



Getting Advice, Taking Criticism



The Business of Writing



How Publishing Works



How to Get Published



Self-Publishing, Electronic Publishing, and Vanity Publishing



A Few Observations about Copyright



Fair Use



Obtaining Permission to Quote



Protecting Your Copyright



Conveying Rights: Contracts



Libel and Invasion of Privacy



Acknowledgments and Further Reading



Acknowledgments



How to Write



Copyright, Libel, and Invasion of Privacy