Wordsmithery The Writer's Craft and Practice

by Steel, Jayne

• ISBN13: 9781403998279
• ISBN10: 1403998272
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-01-09
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

This workbook is aimed at committed writers who want to engage with ideas about writing and to develop their craft and practice. Drawing on the expertise of a range of contributors, the focus is writing as process, moving from practical guidance on form and style through to using themes such as "body" or "house" as a creative springboard. Including features such as "first to last draft", writing exercises and illustrative extracts, this innovative guide will inspire and challenge.

Table of Contents

Introduction--J.Steel * Foreword--Patricia Dunker * Creative Space - A Starter Pack--B.Herbert * Writing Short Stories - The 12 Point Plan--G.Green * Form and Style - Grasping the Tools of Fiction--G.Harper * Hanging Together - Structuring the Longer Piece--G.Green * Making Fiction from Fact, Making Fact of Your Fiction--G.Harper * Narrative Point of View - Who Tells the Story?--L.Anderson * Genre and Its Subversion--B.Vice * The Journey of a Poem--T.Deppe * Choice and Character--J.Newman * Food Glorious Food--J.Steel * Children--L.Martin * Writing Houses--J.Newman * Writing the Body--L.Anderson * Landscape--L.Martin * Bibliography * Index

Introduction--J.Steel * Foreword--Patricia Dunker * Creative Space - A Starter Pack--B.Herbert * Writing Short Stories - The 12 Point Plan--G.Green * Form and Style - Grasping the Tools of Fiction--G.Harper * Hanging Together - Structuring the Longer Piece--G.Green * Making Fiction from Fact, Making Fact of Your Fiction--G.Harper * Narrative Point of View - Who Tells the Story?--L.Anderson * Genre and Its Subversion--B.Vice * The Journey of a Poem--T.Deppe * Choice and Character--J.Newman * Food Glorious Food--J.Steel * Children--L.Martin * Writing Houses--J.Newman * Writing the Body--L.Anderson * Landscape--L.Martin * Bibliography * Index