Creative Writing For Dummies

Unlock your full potential as a writer with 'Creative Writing For Dummies'. This comprehensive guide is designed to inspire and equip you with the skills necessary to succeed in various writing genres. Whether you aspire to be a novelist, travel writer, poet, or playwright, this invaluable resource will help you ignite your creativity and master the art of writing. With 384 pages filled with expert insights, you'll delve into characterisation, plot development, setting, and dialogue. Explore different styles of writing with ease through detailed sections on fiction and non-fiction. Dive deep into the essentials of creative writing, from getting into the right mindset to the intricacies of rewriting and editing. Each part is structured to provide you with practical tools and techniques to nurture your craft. Start your creative journey today and let 'Creative Writing For Dummies' be your guide to finding your unique voice and style in the vast landscape of writing.

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Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9780470742914
Year: 2009
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (UK)
Pages: 384


Description:
Unlock your creativity and choose the genre of writing that suits you bestDo 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 writi