Creative Writing For DummiesUnlock your creativity and choose the genre of writing that suits you best 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
Part II: The Elements of Creative Writing
Part III: Different Kinds of Fiction Writing
Part IV: Different kinds of Non-fiction writing
Part V: Finding an audience
Part VI: Part of Tens
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Contents
Table of Contents | |
You and Your Writing | |
Playing with Words | |
Getting into the Write Mind | |
Finding Material to Work With | |
Creating Characters | |
Discovering Dialogue | |
Creating a Dynamic | |
Penning Plays | |
Writing Screenplays | |
Rhymes and Reasons Writing Poetry | |
Exploring NonFiction | |
Writing from Life | |
Crafting Narrative NonFiction | |
Examining Genres within Narrative NonFiction | |
All About Blogging | |
Choosing a Narrator | |
Describing Your World | |
Imagining fantasy places | |
Creating a Structure | |
Rewriting and Editing | |
Writing Fiction | |
Writing the Novel | |
Once Upon a Time Writing for Children | |
Finding an Audience | |
Finding Professionals to Publish Your Book | |
Approaching an agent | |
Becoming a Professional | |
The Part of Tens | |
Ten Ways to Get Noticed | |
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