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