Full Description
Unlock 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
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
Contents
Introduction 1
Part I: Getting Started 7
Chapter 1: You and Your Writing 9
Chapter 2: Getting into the Write Mind 27
Chapter 3: Finding Material to Work With 43
Part II: Introducing the Elements of Creative Writing 55
Chapter 4: Creating Characters 57
Chapter 5: Discovering Dialogue 71
Chapter 6: Choosing a Narrator 83
Chapter 7: Describing Your World 97
Chapter 8: Plotting Your Way 109
Chapter 9: Creating a Structure 127
Chapter 10: Rewriting and Editing 141
Part III: Writing Fiction 153
Chapter 11: When Less is More: Crafting Short Stories 155
Chapter 12: Writing the Novel 169
Chapter 13: Once Upon a Time: Writing for Children 183
Chapter 14: Penning Plays 195
Chapter 15: Writing Screenplays 207
Chapter 16: Rhymes and Reasons: Writing Poetry 219
Part IV: Exploring Non-Fiction 231
Chapter 17: Breaking into Journalism 233
Chapter 18: Writing from Life 245
Chapter 19: Crafting Narrative Non-Fiction 263
Chapter 20: Travel Writing: Tales for Armchair Explorers 273
Chapter 21: All About Blogging 281
Part V: Finding an Audience 289
Chapter 22: Finding Professionals to Publish Your Book 291
Chapter 23: Becoming a Professional 311
Part VI: The Part of Tens 325
Chapter 24: Ten Top Tips for Writers 327
Chapter 25: Ten Ways to Get Noticed 333
Chapter 26: Ten Pieces of Writing to Inspire You 339
Index 347
