Everything you need to know about creative writing : (but knowing isn't everything--) /
Heather Leach and Robert Graham.
- London ; New York : Continuum, c2007.
- 195 p. ; 22 cm.
Machine derived contents note: Introduction -- Alternative routes through the guide -- A-Z entries include: Action; beginnings; blogs; card indexes; caricature; characterisation; confidence; criticism; digression; directness; double-spacing; e-books; editing; ends; English; events; failure; first person; free verse; getting lost; hooks; house style; inspiration; Internet, journals; length; literature; manuscript; metaphor; Modernism; motivation; Muds and Moos; narrative tension; negativity; novel; openings; page-breaks; perfectionism; plagiarism; proofreading; readers; reflective writing; research; self-criticism; self-publishing; short-story; simile; skills; slang; surrealism; tension; third-person; Trace Online Community; troubleshooting; verbs; violence; websites; white space; widows and orphans; words; work and writing for children and many more.
This title provides practical and informative guidance for anyone interested in developing their writing techniques including members of writing groups, aspiring writers and students taking courses in creative writing.