{"product_id":"creative-writing-9781032036731","title":"Creative Writing","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCreative Writing: A Workbook with Readings\u003c\/em\u003e provides a complete creative writing course: from ways to jump-start your writing and inspire your creativity, right through to presenting your work to agents and publishers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt covers the genres of fiction, poetry and life writing (including autobiography, biography and travel writing), combining discussions of technique with readings and exercises to guide you step by step towards becoming more adept at creative writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe second edition has been updated and in large part newly written, with readings by a diverse group of contemporary authors displaying a variety of styles and approaches. Each chapter also features an array of inspiring writing exercises, enabling you to experiment with different methods and discover your strengths. Above all, \u003ci\u003eCreative Writing: A Workbook with Readings\u003c\/i\u003e will help you to develop your abilities while nurturing your individual voice as a writer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘A wonderful, invaluable resource, full of useful frameworks and ideas. Highly recommended.’ \u003ci\u003eIrenosen Okojie FRSL MBE, Vice Chair of the Royal Society of Literature\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Offers pertinent, perceptive and plentiful advice for those first starting out or building their skills in creative writing. Enlivening chapter discussions rub shoulders with well-chosen readings to create dynamic conversations which it feels a pleasure to eavesdrop on.’ \u003ci\u003eAndrew McMillan, Manchester Writing School at Manchester Metropolitan University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘A refreshingly practical book that invites writers at whatever stage to dive in and out with exercises, encouragement, information, reading and guidance.’\u003ci\u003eYvonne Battle-Felton, \u003c\/i\u003efi\u003ci\u003ection writer, Shef\u003c\/i\u003efi\u003ci\u003eeld Hallam University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘\u003ci\u003eCreative Writing \u003c\/i\u003eis astonishing in its thoughtfulness: there's a calm, authoritative thoroughness about the way skills and topics are introduced, supported by readings, and paired with exercises. This would be a very useful workbook for instructors as well as new writers.’ \u003ci\u003eMarshall Moore, Course Leader in Creative Writing at Falmouth University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Offers practical, clear, and substantial advice for writing in a range of genres. As you will find from using this imaginative, generous and ingenious book, the journey will surprise and transform you.’ \u003cem\u003eDavid Morley FRSL, Warwick Writing Programme at Warwick University, author of The Cambridge Introduction to Creative Writing\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘This distils the basic elements of complicated artistic practice into inspiring guidelines that will enhance the work of both students and teachers of creative writing.’ \u003ci\u003eWinsome Pinnock FRSL, Associate Professor Emerita at Kingston University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eContributors\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 1: The creative process\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1: Stimulating creativity and imagination\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2: Writing what you know\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3: Writing what you come to know\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 2: Writing fiction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4: Character\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5: Setting\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6: Point of view\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7: Showing and telling\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8: Structure and time\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9: The story and your readers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10: Editing fiction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 3: Writing poetry\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11: Introduction to poetry\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e12: Voice and language \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e13: Poetic structure \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e14: Rhyme and metre \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e15: Revising poetry \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 4: Life writing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e16: Starting out \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e17: Finding a form \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e18: Using memory \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e19: Versions of a life \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e20: Life characters \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 5: Going public\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e21: Going public \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e22: Presenting your work \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eREADINGS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 1: The creative process\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1.1 from ‘Fires’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1.2 from ‘A Real-life Education’ \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2.1 ‘Death of a Naturalist’ \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2.2 from ‘Netherley’ \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2.3 from ‘Tomorrow is Too Far’ \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2.4 ‘Memory: The True Key to Real Imagining’ \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3.1‘The Captain of the 1964 \u003ci\u003eTop\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eof\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003ethe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eForm\u003c\/i\u003e Team’ \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3.2 from \u003ci\u003eBacktalk:\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eWomen\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eWriters\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eSpeak\u003c\/i\u003e Out \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 2: Writing fiction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4.1 from ‘A Sheltered Woman’ \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5.1 from ‘The Edge of the Shoal’ \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6.1 ‘First Journeyman’ \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6.2 ‘Becky Finch’ \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6.3 ‘Love Silk Food’ \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7.1 ‘Going the Last Inch: Some Thoughts on Showing and Telling’ \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7.2 ‘The Dream’ \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7.3 ‘Moonlight’ \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7.4 from ‘Freddy Barrandov Checks … in?’ \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7.5 from ‘Byron Francis’ \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7.6 ‘I Could See the Smallest Things’ \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7.7 ‘Tomorrow is Too Far’ \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8.1 from \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eArt\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eof\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eWriting\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eFiction\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8.2 ‘Pigeons at Daybreak’ \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9.1 ‘Bodies’ \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9.2 ‘Tattoo’ \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10.1 ‘Through a Tangle of Branches: Reworking the Poem’ \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10.2 from ‘Putting Coyolxauhqui Together: A Creative Process’ \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10.3 from ‘Redrafting and Editing’ \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10.4 from \u003ci\u003eSteering\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003ethe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eCraft\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 4: Life writing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e16.1 from \u003ci\u003eLong\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNo\u003c\/i\u003e See \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e16.2 from ‘Little Boxes’ \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e17.1 from \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eHaunting\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eof\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eAlma\u003c\/i\u003e Fielding \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e17.2 ‘Red Riviera’ \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e17. 3 ‘Well done, No. 3777!’ \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e18.1 from \u003ci\u003eGiving\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eUp\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003ethe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eGhost:\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eA\u003c\/i\u003e Memoir \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e18.2 from \u003ci\u003eShame on Me: An Anatomy of Race and Belonging\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e18.3 from \u003ci\u003eShame on Me: An Anatomy of Race and Belonging\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e19.1 from \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eDiary\u003c\/i\u003e of \u003ci\u003ea\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eYoung\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eGirl\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e19.2 ‘Darkness and Light’ \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e19.3 from \u003ci\u003eFootsteps: Adventures of a Romantic Biographer\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e19.4 from ‘Time Travel on the St. Lawrence River’ \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e20.1 from \u003ci\u003eBad\u003c\/i\u003e Blood \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e20.2 from \u003ci\u003eBedsit Disco Queen: How I Grew Up and Tried to Be a Pop Star\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e20.3 from \u003ci\u003eForeigners:\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThree\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eEnglish\u003c\/i\u003e Lives \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 5: Going public\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e21.1 from \u003ci\u003eTips\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eFrom\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003ea\u003c\/i\u003e Publisher \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e21.2 ‘Considering Self-Publishing: A Guide’ \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e22.1 Synopsis for \u003ci\u003eDark\u003c\/i\u003e Aemilia \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGlossary\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndex\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default 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