The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing Poetry
Title | The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing Poetry PDF eBook |
Author | Nikki Moustaki |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 376 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 9780028641416 |
You're no idiot, of course. You've read poetry that has touched your heart, and you'd like to improve your own writing technique. But even though you have loads of inspiration, you're discovering that good instruction can be as elusive as a good metaphor. Don't let your Muse leave you! With loads of smart advice and helpful exercises, The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Writing Poetry will help you compose powerful, emotion-packed poems that you can be proud of. In this Complete Idiot's Guide®, you get: --Simple explanations of the building blocks of poetry—metaphor, imagery, symbolism, repetition, and more. --A step-by-step guide to the poetic process—from your first inspiration to your poem's last stanza. --Easy-to-follow guidelines for writing sonnets, sestinas, narrative poems, and more!
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Creative Writing
Title | The Complete Idiot's Guide to Creative Writing PDF eBook |
Author | Laurie Rozakis |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 388 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Reference |
ISBN | 9781592572069 |
A fifty percent revision of a popular Complete Idiot's Guide that now, more than ever, offers readers a thorough, creative writing class in a book, with Dr. Laurie Rozakis as their teacher. The book is refocused to more of an academic approach. Readers can begin to unlock their creativity from the first page, with fabulous exercises that help them explore their talents and experiment with different genres and forms of writing, including: • •Short stories •Narrative nonfiction •Memoirs •Magazine articles •Poetry •Drama •Blogging and freewriting
The Complete Idiot's Guide to American Literature
Title | The Complete Idiot's Guide to American Literature PDF eBook |
Author | Laurie E. Rozakis |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 500 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 9780028633787 |
Looks at American authors from Washington Irving to John Updike and provides brief biographical sketches, excerpts and summaries of major works, and explanations of major literary movements
The Complete Idiot's Guide to English Literature
Title | The Complete Idiot's Guide to English Literature PDF eBook |
Author | Jay Stevenson |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 354 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | English literature |
ISBN | 9781592576562 |
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Critical Reading
Title | The Complete Idiot's Guide to Critical Reading PDF eBook |
Author | Amy Wall |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 403 |
Release | 2005-05-03 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 144069642X |
The essential guide to looking at literature with your own two eyes. What students know about Shakespeare, Orwell, Dickens, and Twain is primarily what their instructors tell them. Here’s a book that teaches the students how to move on to the next level—evaluate and read critically on their own, trust their own opinions, develop original ideas, analyze characters, and find a deeper appreciation for fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and more. • Ideal companion for college students and accessible for the casual reader as well. • Covers fiction, poetry, narrative nonfiction, biographies and memoirs, essays and editorials, and newspapers, magazines, and journals. • Features examples from published writing. • Includes a reading list and a glossary of literary terms.
Poetry For Dummies
Title | Poetry For Dummies PDF eBook |
Author | The Poetry Center |
Publisher | John Wiley & Sons |
Pages | 338 |
Release | 2011-03-16 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1118053648 |
Demystify and appreciate the pleasures of poetry Sometimes it seems like there are as many definitions of poetry as there are poems. Coleridge defined poetry as “the best words in the best order.” St. Augustine called it “the Devil’s wine.” For Shelley, poetry was “the record of the best and happiest moments of the happiest and best minds.” But no matter how you define it, poetry has exercised a hold upon the hearts and minds of people for more than five millennia. That’s because for the attentive reader, poetry has the power to send chills shooting down the spine and lightning bolts flashing in the brain — to throw open the doors of perception and hone our sensibilities to a scalpel’s edge. Poetry For Dummies is a great guide to reading and writing poems, not only for beginners, but for anyone interested in verse. From Homer to Basho, Chaucer to Rumi, Shelley to Ginsberg, it introduces you to poetry’s greatest practitioners. It arms you with the tools you need to understand and appreciate poetry in all its forms, and to explore your own talent as a poet. Discover how to: Understand poetic language and forms Interpret poems Get a handle on poetry through the ages Find poetry readings near you Write your own poems Shop your work around to publishers Don’t know the difference between an iamb and a trochee? Worry not, this friendly guide demystifies the jargon, and it covers a lot more ground besides, including: Understanding subject, tone, narrative; and poetic language Mastering the three steps to interpretation Facing the challenges of older poetry Exploring 5,000 years of verse, from Mesopotamia to the global village Writing open-form poetry Working with traditional forms of verse Writing exercises for aspiring poets Getting published From Sappho to Clark Coolidge, and just about everyone in between, Poetry For Dummies puts you in touch with the greats of modern and ancient poetry. Need guidance on composing a ghazal, a tanka, a sestina, or a psalm? This is the book for you.
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Getting Published
Title | The Complete Idiot's Guide to Getting Published PDF eBook |
Author | Sheree Bykofsky |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 372 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 9781592575183 |
Times have changed for first-time authors. Publishers have consolidated. Editors are fewer. Literary agents are more selective. The result is that it's tougher than ever to get published. That's why new authors need The Complete Idiot's Guide to Getting Published, Fourth Edition. For years, new authors have depended on the wise inside advice and tricks from Sheree Bykofsky, successful New York literary agent, and author, and Jennifer Basye Sander, best-selling non-fiction author and literary consultant. And now, their book is even more packed with the latest information about the business of publishing and the practical advice any writer will need to achieve the all-important goal of "getting published."