A guide to creative writing and the imagination. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Kris Saknussemm.
• Authors: Saknussemm, Kris
• Contents: Part 1: Going Wokabout -Purpose and Plan -Fevering Forward -A Multimedia Artist Reflects -What to Pack -Three Spiral Paths -Headwaters -New Ways for New Days -Reflections on Publishing from an Agent’s Point of View -Key Takeout Points -Learning by Imitation Part 2: Gaining Perspective -Introductory Parable -Live the Map -Present Tense, Future Tenser? -Of a Fire in the Mind -The Basic Writing Point of View -The Unfortunate Perspective of Regret -A Critical Point of View -Found in Translation -People, Place, and Language -Race, Language, and Culture -Public Health, Private Healing -In Conversation with Leland Cheuk Part 3: Aerial View -Introductory Parable -An Underlying Unity -The Subject is Always… -Why Should YOU Write? -What to Write About -Imagery -Subjects / Themes / Premises / Concepts -Titles -Characters -Setting -Plot -Voice / Style -Narrative Perspective -Conflicts -Suspense / Surprise -Tone -Transitions -Grammar -Accuracy & Ethos (Authorial Authority / Credibility) -Revision -Well Made Things (Holistic Care) -Important General Concepts -What Makes Coherence? Part 4: Tactical Resources Quick Think Exercises Memory Arcade (The Listening Memory Method) Word Arcade Part 5: The Writing Program Poetry Fiction Drama (Writing for Performance) Nonfiction Part 6: Spiral Mind (Not Yet Arrived) -Introductory Parable -Imagination in Context -Alertness (Alive & Now) -The Mystery of Memory -Exercising Memory -A Welcome Ambush: Join the Surprise Part! -The General Method -Some Case Studies: Imagination Performed Annexes -From Revision to Evolution -Seven Essential Points for Writers -Write About What You Know and Be Confined… -Truth, Memory, and the Right to Your Own Life -The Discipline -Recommended World Reading
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 808.042071; Creative writing -- Study and teaching; English language -- Composition and exercises -- Study and teaching
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000538328; 9781000538267; 9781003140696
• Related ISBNs: 9780367691776; 9780367691738
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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