From 'Huh?' to 'Hurray!'
eBook - ePub

From 'Huh?' to 'Hurray!'

Righting Your Creative Writing

  1. English
  2. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

From 'Huh?' to 'Hurray!'

Righting Your Creative Writing

About this book

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!

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Preface
  7. Acknowledgements
  8. Introduction
  9. Chapter 1: Getting Started
  10. Chapter 2: Focusing on Details
  11. Chapter 3: Constructing a Setting
  12. Chapter 4: Building Character
  13. Chapter 5: Knowing Your Character
  14. Chapter 6: Creating Conflict
  15. Chapter 7: Speaking the Truth
  16. Chapter 8: Motivating the Agents
  17. Chapter 9: Finding Your Point of View
  18. Chapter 10: Relying on the Unreliable
  19. Chapter 11: Taking the Time
  20. Chapter 12: Choosing the Words
  21. Chapter 13: Structuring Symbols
  22. Chapter 14: Making Meaning
  23. Chapter 15: Mastering Irony
  24. Chapter 16: Addressing Your Audience
  25. Chapter 17: Reviewing the Work
  26. Chapter 18: Revising Your Work
  27. Chapter 19: Polishing Your Manuscript
  28. Chapter 20: Being a Writer
  29. Epilogue
  30. Index