Creative writing : a practical guide /
Casterton, Julia, 1952-2007.
Creative writing : a practical guide / Julia Casterton. - Third edition - x, 187 pages ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Why write? --
2. The space we inhabit --
3. Bringing your descriptions to life --
4. Making your characters speak --
5. Making a short story --
6. Speaking in different tongues, different tones --
7. Hold the tension, hold the energy --
8. Myth and making a narrative --
9. Developing your narrative --
10. Writing poetry --
11. Preparing your poems for performance and publication --
12. Love writing --
13. Doing your research --
14. Writing for yourself alone --
15. Reaching an audience.
Based on the author's own experience as a poet and a leader of writing workshops, this book is full of practical tips and ideas for improving writing skills, as well as examples of both published and unpublished work and advice on getting published.
1403945411 (cloth) 1403942633 (pbk.)
2004065755
English language--Rhetoric--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Creative writing--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
808.042 / C.J.C
Creative writing : a practical guide / Julia Casterton. - Third edition - x, 187 pages ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Why write? --
2. The space we inhabit --
3. Bringing your descriptions to life --
4. Making your characters speak --
5. Making a short story --
6. Speaking in different tongues, different tones --
7. Hold the tension, hold the energy --
8. Myth and making a narrative --
9. Developing your narrative --
10. Writing poetry --
11. Preparing your poems for performance and publication --
12. Love writing --
13. Doing your research --
14. Writing for yourself alone --
15. Reaching an audience.
Based on the author's own experience as a poet and a leader of writing workshops, this book is full of practical tips and ideas for improving writing skills, as well as examples of both published and unpublished work and advice on getting published.
1403945411 (cloth) 1403942633 (pbk.)
2004065755
English language--Rhetoric--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Creative writing--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
808.042 / C.J.C