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Drawing 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 Contents
Introduction 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.

Playing with Words

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    A Paperback by Shelley Davidow, Paul Williams

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      Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
      Publication Date: 9/23/2016 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781137532527, 978-1137532527
      ISBN10: 1137532521
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Drawing 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 Contents
      Introduction 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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