The Bloomsbury Introduction to Creative Writing. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Tara Mokhtari.
• Authors: Mokhtari, Tara
• Contents: Introduction:On 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 voice5. Screenwriting TechniquesScreenwriting as literary formThe slug lineActionDialogueCharacterizationTheme and narrativeScreenwriting technical toolbox6. Writing for PerformancePerformance as hybrid artOne act playsMonologue and soliloquySpoken word 7. 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 publishing 8. Critique and ExegesisCritiqueReferencing scholarly textsReferencing creative textsAnalysing your creative workConclusionsCritique writing toolboxExegesisExegesis research methodsIdentifying your exegetical thesisHermeneutics and close reading as primary researchExegesis planning and structureLinking creative and scholarly writing Glossary of TermsWorks Cited Index.
• Edition: Second edition
• Publisher Details: London : Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (296 pages)
• Subjects: Writing & editing guides; Screenwriting techniques; Language Arts & Disciplines -- Composition & Creative Writing; Performing Arts -- Film & Video -- Screenwriting; Reference -- Writing Skills; Creative writing & creative writing guides
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781350056695; 1350056693
• Related ISBNs: 9781350056688
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