The Bloomsbury Introduction to Creative Writing

ISBN-13: 9781350056688 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 296 str.

Communications and Literature Dr Tara (Lecturer in Writing

Opis

Now in its second edition with an expanded section on writing for digital media, this is an accessible guide through multi-genre creative writing, from memoir and the personal essay to fiction, poetry and screenwriting.

Spis treści

Introduction: The Knowing WriterOn writingOn knowingTips on attacking the practical exercises1. Writing and KnowledgeThe writers' block mythThe reading writerKnowingYour writer selfEmotion as material2. Writing the SelfMemoir and autobiographyReflective writingHuman interest featuresPersonal essays, and 'Why I Write'3. Poetics and Poetry CompositionPoetic movements: An abridged whirlwind historyPoetry as 'language distilled'Sound devicesPoetry and oralityForm and meaningFinding your poem4. Fiction ConventionsFiction and creativity: The anecdote, the muse and the visionaryOften forgotten forms of fictionIdeas and themesNarrative structureNarrative structure toolboxPlot and conflictCharacterizationSetting: Time, place and contextFinding your voiceGenre fiction5. ScreenwritingScreenwriting as literary formThe slug lineActionDialogueCharacterizationTheme and narrativeScreenwriting technical toolbox6. Writing for PerformancePerformance as hybrid artOne-act playsMonologue and soliloquySpoken word7. Writing for Digital MediaThe dark side of digital contentDigital storytellingVideo scripts for social mediaWriting for video gamesWriting for virtual realityWeb 2.0 and journalism as conversationOnline media toolboxPersonal publishing8. Critique and ExegesisCritiqueReferencing scholarly textsReferencing creative textsAnalyzing your creative workConclusionsCritique writing toolboxExegesisExegesis research methodsIdentifying your exegetical thesisHermeneutics and close reading as primary researchExegesis planning and structureLinking creative and scholarly writingGlossary of TermsWorks CitedIndex

O autorze

Tara Mokhtari is an Assistant Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences at Bronx Community College, USA, has taught creative writing, literature, and communications at universities in Australia and the United States since 2007, and is the author of Anxiety Soup.