Everything You Need to Know About Creative Writing
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Everything You Need to Know About Creative Writing by Heather Leach
Everything You Need to Know About Creative Writing is an accessible, lively and entertaining companion providing practical and informative guidance for anyone interested in developing their writing including members of writing groups, aspiring writers and students taking courses in creative writing. The ideal guide to creative writing, it offers: - An essential, easy-to-use, reference covering all aspects of creative writing including the creative process; form and style; troubleshooting; workshopping; peer review; publishing etc. - An informative, witty and stress-relieving companion for the struggling student, writer and tutor - no-nonsense, practical advice and guidance - Useful contents lists by topic provide alternative routes through the book to enable readers to follow up particular interests or problems - Extensive cross-references to other entries and guides to further reading
'If you haven't started writing your book yet, don't do so until you have consulted Everything You Need to Know About Creative Writing, by Heather Leach and Robert Graham (Continuum, GBP1299), an A-Z of essential tools of the writer's trade. It is a sign of the times that a book about artistic expression has entries under Race, Gender, Political correctness and Quilting- `stitching together chapters which, when completed, form a picture.''- J.C., TLS
'...each entry provides an informed discussion of its topic...It is worth keeping on your shelves both to use for reference when you need information, or just for browsing when you need information...' '...a mini-encyclopedia of every aspect of writing.' - Writing Magazine
This offering from the United Kingdom is a handy manual of terms in alphabetical order to aid and advise aspiring (or blocked) novelists, short story writers, playwrights, and poets. Authors Heather Leach and Robert Graham as well as five more contributors listed at the book's beginning are all published fiction writers and professors of creative writing at various universities in England... As a final testimonial to the practicality of this manual: during the course of reading this book, I sat down and cranked out an original short story. While I do not claim that it is a great creative work, Leach and Graham must concur that, for the moment, I have transcended writer's block and conquered problems with beginnings. -Helynne H. Hansen, Rocky Mountain Review of Language and Literature, Fall 2008
'...each entry provides an informed discussion of its topic...It is worth keeping on your shelves both to use for reference when you need information, or just for browsing when you need information...' '...a mini-encyclopedia of every aspect of writing.' - Writing Magazine
This offering from the United Kingdom is a handy manual of terms in alphabetical order to aid and advise aspiring (or blocked) novelists, short story writers, playwrights, and poets. Authors Heather Leach and Robert Graham as well as five more contributors listed at the book's beginning are all published fiction writers and professors of creative writing at various universities in England... As a final testimonial to the practicality of this manual: during the course of reading this book, I sat down and cranked out an original short story. While I do not claim that it is a great creative work, Leach and Graham must concur that, for the moment, I have transcended writer's block and conquered problems with beginnings. -Helynne H. Hansen, Rocky Mountain Review of Language and Literature, Fall 2008
Heather Leach is Senior Lecturer in the Contemporary Arts department of Manchester Metropolitan University. She is a published short story writer and won the THES Essay Prize 2004. Robert Graham is Creative Writing Subject Leader in the Contemporary Arts department of Manchester Metropolitan University. He is a published short story writer and also writes plays.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780826490223 |
| ISBN 10 | 0826490220 |
| Title | Everything You Need to Know About Creative Writing |
| Author | Heather Leach |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 2007-05-31 |
| Number of pages | 208 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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