A Creative Writing Handbook - Developing dramatic technique, individual style and voice

An inspiring range of approaches to enrich your writing skills.Packed with stimulating writing exercises, numerous quotes and over 30extracts from literature across a wide variety of genres, the book canbe followed as a complete course or dipped into throughout. Accessiblywritten by three published writers and experienced teachers fromleading creative writing institutions, this is a rich sourcebook oftechniques containing:challenging writing exercises to expand the writer''s technique and ''voice''innovative ways of developing fiction and poetry stylesin-depth introductions to stage, radio and film writinginsights into the way different genres interact and how to adapt stories for performanceadvice on layout and professional presentation of work"What is beguiling about the writing is the style - these are notacademic propositions: they are translations from experience andpractice" David Morley, Professor in Creative Writing, Warwick University>

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The teaching of the book works by reproducing extracts of successful published material, examining how and why it works, and giving exercises that will help you improve your own style by using the lessons from these examples Writing Magazine

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• Authors: Linda Anderson, Lindsay Anderson, Bill Greenwell, Derek Neale, Derek Greenwell Neale
• Assisted by: Derek Neale (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.01.2009
• EAN: 9781408109410
• ISBN: 978-1-4081-0941-0
• No. of pages: 428
• Subjects: Guides > Law, job, finance; Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Non-fiction book > Art, literature > Literature: general, reference works