Creative writing Books

Book SynopsisChristina Kallasis Adjunct Professor in the School of the Arts Film Division at Columbia University, USA, and also teaches at the New Schoolin New York. A producer and writer, she has been the President of the Federation of Screenwriters in Europe since 2006, and is the founder of the Writers Improv Studio in New York.

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Book SynopsisFirst-Year Writing describes significant language patterns in college writing today, how they are different from expert academic writing, and how to inform teaching and assessment with corpus-based linguistic and rhetorical genre analysis. Trade Review“This book does a good job of presenting the impetus for the study, explaining why so few studies of this nature exist, detailing the findings, and suggesting ways in which the results can inform pedagogy. … will be an interesting and informative read for those who work with FY students in the post-secondary classroom and in support services, such as writing centres. … this reviewer believes that this study makes genuine contributions to the body of knowledge on FY writing.” (Tina Beynen, The Linguist List, linguistlist.org, June, 2016)Table of Contents

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Book SynopsisKim Wiltshire is a playwright and fiction writer, and is Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at Edge Hill University, UK.Table of ContentsIntroduction Collaboration Critical Engagement What is writing for theatre? On A Practical Note Using This Book A Collaborative Approach to Writing About Playwriting Role definitions PART 1: FOUNDATIONS 1. A Brief History of Theatre for Playwrights Ancient Theatre Medieval Theatre The Renaissance The Seventeenth Century to the Twentieth Century 2. The Cultures of Writing for Theatre – Innovators Innovators of the past Nineteenth Century Innovators Twentieth Century Innovators Who else can new playwrights learn from? 3. Establishing Practice What is theatre for? Why write for theatre? 4. Becoming a Playwright Empathy Ambition/Drive Humility Knowing Your Craft Imagination Knowing the business of theatre 5. Building Blocks Subject and Story Structure Form Voice and Style Building the world Character and Dialogue 6. Foundational Exercises and Key Points Exercise 1 Starting Point Exercise 2 – Character Exercise 3 – Character Exercise 4 – Plotting and Story Exercise 5 – Location Exercise 6 – Economy and exploration of Language Exercise 7 – Performing Work Exercise 8 – Plotting Theatre Shapes Conclusion to Part 1 PART 2: SPECULATIONS Introduction 7. Exploring Possibilities Types of theatre Theatre in the digital age 8. Cultures of Writing for Theatre – Innovators Bringing Theatre to a new audience Who can new playwrights learn from? 9. Exploring Practice: Making Theatre in the 21st Century Changing practice New Forms of Theatre Ethnographic, Verbatim and Participant Led Theatre Dramaturgs and Dramaturgy 10. New Voices, New Forms Collaboration Collaborative Writing Theatre Making Collaboration with other artists Collaboration with other art forms 11. Speculative Exercises and Key Points Exercise 1 – Pitching Exercise 2 – Awareness Exercise 3 – Sensory Exercise 4 – Objects Exercise 5 – Unblocking Exercise 6 – Improvise/Devise Exercise 7 – Art forms Exercise 8 – Patience Exercise 9 – Secrets and Lies Where to go next? A Final Word of Advice on Social Media Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisDrawing on years of experience of writing, teaching and publishing, this book offers essential tools for anyone interested in honing their craft. With a variety of exercises and freewriting prompts to help you try new styles and approaches, it is suitable for aspiring poets, non-fiction writers, novelists and all lovers of words.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Playing with Words 2. Stunning Sentences and Powerful Paragraphs 3. Finding your Voice 4. Purple Prose, Melodrama and Sentimentality 5. Minimalism 6. The Spaces Between 7. Well-Crafted Metaphors 8. Moving Plot Along 9. Finding Place AfterWords Appendix.

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Book SynopsisIn a series of conversational observations and meditations on the writing process, The Art of Slow Writing examines the benefits of writing slowly. DeSalvo advises her readers to explore their creative process on deeper levels by getting to know themselves and their stories more fully over a longer period of time. She writes in the same supportive manner that encourages her students, using the slow writing process to help them explore the complexities of craft. The Art of Slow Writing is the antidote to self-help books that preach the idea of fast-writing, finishing a novel a year, and quick revisions. DeSalvo makes a case that more mature writing often develops over a longer period of time and offers tips and techniques to train the creative process in this new experience. DeSalvo describes the work habits of successful writers (among them, Nobel Prize laureates) so that readers can use the information provided to develop their identity as write

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