The Call of the Writer's Craft
Title | The Call of the Writer's Craft PDF eBook |
Author | Tom Bird |
Publisher | Adams Media |
Pages | 256 |
Release | 2009-07-18 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 1598698540 |
Getting a book successfully published is as much about talent and creative drive as it is a matter of determination and business practice. Luckily for would-be authors, this book delivers the how-to on both the creativity and the business. Lecturer and writing retreat leader Tom Bird introduces authors to their Divine Author Within, and guides them through the process of listening to this inner muse. They will learn how to tap into their "creative connected mind" and relax their "logical critical mind" so they will be able to write the book they've always wanted to--in just two drafts! Once the book is complete, writers learn how to sell their book. Bird instructs his readers how to successfully navigate the publishing world so that they can make the right choices for their work.
A Writer's Craft
Title | A Writer's Craft PDF eBook |
Author | Kendall Dunkelberg |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Pages | 194 |
Release | 2017-09-16 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 1137610964 |
This introductory creative writing text uses a unique, multi-genre approach to provide students with a broad-based knowledge of their craft, treating them as professional writers. Beginning by discussing elements common to all genres, this book underscores the importance of learning good writing habits before committing to a genre, encouraging writers to look beyond their genre expectations and learn from other forms. The book then devotes one chapter to each of the major literary genres: fiction, poetry, drama and creative nonfiction. These style-specific sections provide depth as they compare the different genres, furnishing students with a comprehensive understanding of creative writing as a discipline and fostering creativity. The discussion concludes with a chapter on digital media and an appendix on literary citizenship and publishing. With exercises at the end of each chapter, a glossary of literary terms, and a list of resources for further study, A Writer's Craft is the ideal companion to an introductory creative writing class. It has been listed as one of the 'Best Books for Writers' by Poets and Writers magazine.
Elements of The Writing Craft
Title | Elements of The Writing Craft PDF eBook |
Author | Olmstead Robert |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 272 |
Release | 2011-05-30 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 1599635003 |
Great narratives are built piece by piece, through myriad small tasks and careful moves. In this landmark book, Robert Olmstead shows how distinguished writers past and present have built their fiction and nonfiction. Through this writer's-eye analysis of more than 150 of literature's most finely crafted passages, you'll learn to read like a writer. Then, more than 500 innovative exercises challenge you to experiment with - and expand upon - the techniques of the masters, so you can use them for great narratives of your own.
The Writer's Craft
Title | The Writer's Craft PDF eBook |
Author | Sheridan Blau |
Publisher | |
Pages | 744 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 9780812386660 |
(Re)Writing Craft
Title | (Re)Writing Craft PDF eBook |
Author | Tim Mayers |
Publisher | University of Pittsburgh Pre |
Pages | 209 |
Release | 2005-06-10 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 0822973286 |
(Re)Writing Craft focuses on the gap that exists in many English departments between creative writers and compositionists on one hand, and literary scholars on the other, in an effort to radically transform the way English studies are organized and practiced today. In proposing a new form of writing he calls "craft criticism," Mayers, himself a compositionist and creative writer, explores the connections between creative writing and composition studies programs, which currently exist as separate fields within the larger and more amorphous field of English studies. If creative writing and composition studies are brought together in productive dialogue, they can, in his view, succeed in inverting the common hierarchy in English departments that privileges interpretation of literature over the teaching of writing.
The Stuff of Fiction
Title | The Stuff of Fiction PDF eBook |
Author | Douglas Bauer |
Publisher | University of Michigan Press |
Pages | 310 |
Release | 2006-08-09 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 9780472031535 |
A master storyteller and teacher talks about the tools of the fiction writer's craft
Craft in the Real World
Title | Craft in the Real World PDF eBook |
Author | Matthew Salesses |
Publisher | Catapult |
Pages | 257 |
Release | 2021-01-19 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 1948226804 |
This national bestseller is "a significant contribution to discussions of the art of fiction and a necessary challenge to received views about whose stories are told, how they are told and for whom they are intended" (Laila Lalami, The New York Times Book Review). The traditional writing workshop was established with white male writers in mind; what we call craft is informed by their cultural values. In this bold and original examination of elements of writing—including plot, character, conflict, structure, and believability—and aspects of workshop—including the silenced writer and the imagined reader—Matthew Salesses asks questions to invigorate these familiar concepts. He upends Western notions of how a story must progress. How can we rethink craft, and the teaching of it, to better reach writers with diverse backgrounds? How can we invite diverse storytelling traditions into literary spaces? Drawing from examples including One Thousand and One Nights, Curious George, Ursula K. Le Guin's A Wizard of Earthsea, and the Asian American classic No-No Boy, Salesses asks us to reimagine craft and the workshop. In the pages of exercises included here, teachers will find suggestions for building syllabi, grading, and introducing new methods to the classroom; students will find revision and editing guidance, as well as a new lens for reading their work. Salesses shows that we need to interrogate the lack of diversity at the core of published fiction: how we teach and write it. After all, as he reminds us, "When we write fiction, we write the world."