Creative Writing For Dummies

ISBN-13: 9781394196661 / Angielski

Maggie Hamand

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Unlock your creative potential and write something special Ever dream of writing a book, article, poem, or play that means something to you—and maybe to someone else as well? Do you have an idea you're ready to get down on paper? In Creative Writing For Dummies, you'll learn how to unleash your creative side and become a confident and productive writer. Discover the essential elements of storytelling, including structure, characterization, setting, dialogue, and plot, as you navigate the countless ways you can express yourself with the written word. Explore the media and methods you can use to help find an audience—from traditional to self-publishing, social media, blogging, and more! Creative Writing For Dummies also shows you how to: Write in all sorts of different formats, including screenplays, scripts, creative nonfiction, poetry, short stories, novels, and beyond Navigate the world of social media and learn how it can contribute to getting your work read by more people in more places Understand the new, online nature of contemporary journalism and the proliferation of news and blogging sites A can't-miss roadmap to getting your first—or hundred-and-first—story, poem, or script committed to paper, Creative Writing For Dummies is an essential read for aspiring, amateur, and professional writers everywhere.

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INTRODUCTION 1PART 1: GETTING STARTED 5CHAPTER 1: You and Your Writing 7CHAPTER 2: Getting into the Write Mindset 25CHAPTER 3: Finding Material to Work With 39PART 2: INTRODUCING THE ELEMENTS OF CREATIVE WRITING 51CHAPTER 4: Creating Characters 53CHAPTER 5: Giving Characters a Voice with Dialogue 67CHAPTER 6: Choosing a Narrator 81CHAPTER 7: Describing Your World 95CHAPTER 8: Plotting Your Way 107CHAPTER 9: Setting Up a Solid Structure 125CHAPTER 10: From Drafting to Rewriting and Editing: Making Your Work Shine 141PART 3: WRITING FICTION 153CHAPTER 11: When Less is More: Crafting Short Stories 155CHAPTER 12: Writing the Novel 171CHAPTER 13: Once Upon a Time: Writing for Children 187CHAPTER 14: Penning Plays 201CHAPTER 15: Writing Screenplays 213CHAPTER 16: Rhymes and Reasons: Writing Poetry 227PART 4: EXPLORING NONFICTION 239CHAPTER 17: Breaking into Journalism 241CHAPTER 18: Writing from Life: Giving a Voice to the Past 255CHAPTER 19: Crafting Narrative Nonfiction 273CHAPTER 20: Travel Writing: Tales for Armchair Explorers 285CHAPTER 21: All About Blogging 293PART 5: FINDING AN AUDIENCE 301CHAPTER 22: Finding Professionals to Publish Your Book 303CHAPTER 23: Staying in Control with Self-Publishing 321CHAPTER 24: Becoming a Professional 341PART 6: THE PART OF TENS 357CHAPTER 25: Ten Top Tips for Writers 359CHAPTER 26: Ten Ways to Get Noticed 365INDEX 371

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Maggie Hamand, PhD, is a novelist, nonfiction author, journalist, and publisher. She was the winner of the first World One-Day Novel Cup in 1994 with the novel The Resurrection of the Body, which was written in 24 hours and subsequently optioned for film and television. Her novel Virgin & Child was the 2020 Morning Star Book of the Year.