Do you have an idea that you're burning to get down on paper? Do
you want to document your travels to far-flung places, or write a
few stanzas of poetry? Whether you dream of being a novelist, a
travel writer, a poet, a playwright or a columnist, "Creative
Writing For Dummies" shows you how to unlock your creativity and
choose the genre of writing that suits you best. Walking you
through characterisation, setting, dialogue and plot, as well as
giving expert insights into both fiction and non-fiction, it's the
ideal launching pad to the world of creative writing.
"Creative Writing For Dummies" covers:
Part I: Getting started Chapter 1: Can Everyone Write? Chapter
2: Getting into the Write Mind Chapter 3: Finding the Material to
work with
Part II: The Elements of Creative Writing Chapter 4: Creating
Characters Chapter 5: Discovering Dialogue Chapter 6: Who is
telling the story? Chapter 7: Creating your own world Chapter 8:
Plotting your way Chapter 9: Creating a Structure Chapter 10:
Rewriting and editing
Part III: Different Kinds of Fiction Writing Chapter 11: Short
stories Chapter 12: Novels Chapter 13: Writing for children Chapter
14: Plays Chapter 15: Screenplays Chapter 16: Poetry
Part IV: Different kinds of Non-fiction writing Chapter 17:
Breaking into journalism - Writing articles/ magazine writing
Chapter 18: Writing from life and autobiography Chapter 19:
Embroidering the facts: Narrative non-fiction Chapter 20: Exploring
the world from your armchair - Travel writing Chapter 21: Blogging
- the new big thing
Part V: Finding an audience Chapter 22: Finding editors/
publishers/ agents Chapter 23: Becoming a professional
Part VI: Part of Tens Chapter 24: Ten top tips for writers
Chapter 25: Ten ways to get noticed
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