Tricks of the Writer''s Trade - And How to Teach Them to Children Aged 8-14

Informationen zum Autor Rick Vanes is a writer, journalist and educational consultant in the UK. Having been a professional writer for more than 40 years, he has written scripts for over 2000 television programmes; six children’s books; hundreds of press stories for local and national newspapers; and training and information material for major businesses and organisations. Zusammenfassung From basic story structure through to advanced scriptwriting, the techniques used by professional writers and journalists are explained in a simple, straightforward and highly-entertaining fashion. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Good writing – the common threads between fiction and non-fiction; How to use the modules and materials. Fiction: 1. Basic Story Structure 2. Basic Back Story + First Exercise in Writing 3. How to Get Ideas for Stories 4. Creating Believable Characters 5. Writing a Story 6. Rewriting. Non-Fiction: 7. Non-fiction writing – an overview 8. Writing to Inform / Journalism 9. Persuasive writing I – the Poster 10. Persuasive writing II – the Essay. Fiction - Advanced: 11. Advanced Character Creation 12. Advanced Structure 13. Scriptwriting 14. Advanced Scriptwriting. Non-Fiction - Advanced: 15. Advanced Non-Fiction Techniques.

Product details

• Authors: Rick Vanes, Rick (Writer Vanes, Vanes Rick
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.11.2011
• EAN: 9780415677776
• ISBN: 978-0-415-67777-6
• No. of pages: 154
• Dimensions: 184 mm x 254 mm x 13 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; EDUCATION / General, teacher training, Secondary Schools, Primary & middle schools, Primary and middle schools, EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / Reading & Phonics, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Elementary, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Secondary