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9781137532527

Playing With Words An Introduction to Creative Writing Craft

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  • ISBN13:

    9781137532527

  • ISBN10:

    1137532521

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2016-10-07
  • Publisher: Red Globe Pr
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Summary

Drawing on years of experience of writing, teaching and publishing, this book offers essential tools for anyone interested in honing their craft. With a variety of exercises and freewriting prompts to help you try new styles and approaches, it is suitable for aspiring poets, non-fiction writers, novelists and all lovers of words.

Author Biography

Paul Williams is Lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia. He has published fiction, young adult novels, a memoir, educational readers, short stories and articles. His collection of Kenyan Stories Encounters From Africa (Macmillan) was a set text in all Kenyan schools from 2001 to 2004.

Shelley Davidow is Adjunct Lecturer of Creative Writing at the University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia, English Teacher at Noose Pengari Steiner School, Australia, and the award-winning author of thirty eight books. Her books for teens and children are being used worldwide in private and public schools to support literacy.

Table of Contents

Introduction
1. Playing with Words
2. Stunning Sentences and Powerful Paragraphs
3. Finding your Voice
4. Purple Prose, Melodrama and Sentimentality
5. Minimalism
6. The Spaces Between
7. Well-Crafted Metaphors
8. Moving Plot Along
9. Finding Place
After-Words
Appendix

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