Teach Yourself Writing Poetry by Matthew Sweeney

Teach Yourself Writing Poetry by Matthew Sweeney

Your comprehensive guide, balancing creative development with practical information. Covers all the very latest on prizes, festivals and performance poetry events and how to get published. Contains lots of practical exercises to help you find your voice and enable you to develop a real flair. The bestselling and most popular guide to writing poetry on the market. 'teach yourself writing poetry' is a user-friendly and comprehensive guide that will prove indispensible if you're seeking creative guidance, inspiration and practical advice. Covering everything from mood, style and tone to learning about poetry on the net, this fully updated edition will help you find your voice. Containing straightforward advice on how to get published, the very latest on prizes, festivals and performance poetry as well as plenty of useful examples and exercises to try out yourself, it is a thoroughly readable and engaging book.

"comprehensive and practical..the next best thing to having [the authors] on hand to encourage and coach you" -- Obsessed with Pipework 20040401

John Hartley Williams is a poet and a teacher at the University of Berlin. Matthew Sweeney writes poetry for children and adults and is a creative writing teacher. Both have published many volumes of poetry and have won several awards.

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ISBN 13	9780340968789
ISBN 10	0340968788
Title	Teach Yourself Writing Poetry
Author	Matthew Sweeney
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	John Murray Press
Year published	2008-11-28
Number of pages	256
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