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The Creative Writer's Toolbelt Handbook: Everything you need to be a better writer and produce great work
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ISBN10: 1976168406
ISBN13: 9781976168406
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: Sep 14 2017
Pages: 328
Weight: 0.97
Height: 0.69 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781976168406
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: Sep 14 2017
Pages: 328
Weight: 0.97
Height: 0.69 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Here in one book are the tools you need to be a better writer and produce great work.
Here's what others have said about the book:
- A unique and comprehensive handbook... it lays the foundations and then helps you build.
Chapter 1: Creating a Story
Learn the classic shape of stories and understand why throughout history, one particular approach to story construction has been so successful.
Explore the two primary aspects of characterisation: character essence and goal motivation and passion. Learn why getting these aspects right is most of the hard work of character development.
Understand the two critical requirements of a setting - that it be credible and immersive. Grounded with examples, we also look at the best way to gather and apply research, with expert insights into the process, and guidance on the important issue of understanding and writing characters who do not reflect our own heritage.
Understand how to use the most important tools of the craft; from 'showing not telling' to point of view and foreshadowing to exploiting the power of sensory description.
Explore the techniques for harnessing the power of punctuation and structure, understand the power of verbs in driving the pace of a sentence.
Unlock the secrets of tone, style, and voice, and wield the sharpest tools available to you: clarity, brevity, and precision.
Explore the strategies for harnessing genre and trope to reassure and absorb the reader. See how symbol, dilemma, and innovation interweave with theme and moral, and how to apply these aspects to enrich and enhance our work.
Living well is a step towards writing well. From physical health to mental and emotional wellbeing, the handbook offers suggestions for the writer's life. This chapter also explores the author experience with publishers and some thoughts on how to effectively market both ourselves as writers and our work.
- A unique and comprehensive handbook... it lays the foundations and then helps you build.
Chapter 1: Creating a Story
Learn the classic shape of stories and understand why throughout history, one particular approach to story construction has been so successful.
Explore the two primary aspects of characterisation: character essence and goal motivation and passion. Learn why getting these aspects right is most of the hard work of character development.
Understand the two critical requirements of a setting - that it be credible and immersive. Grounded with examples, we also look at the best way to gather and apply research, with expert insights into the process, and guidance on the important issue of understanding and writing characters who do not reflect our own heritage.
Understand how to use the most important tools of the craft; from 'showing not telling' to point of view and foreshadowing to exploiting the power of sensory description.
Explore the techniques for harnessing the power of punctuation and structure, understand the power of verbs in driving the pace of a sentence.
Unlock the secrets of tone, style, and voice, and wield the sharpest tools available to you: clarity, brevity, and precision.
Explore the strategies for harnessing genre and trope to reassure and absorb the reader. See how symbol, dilemma, and innovation interweave with theme and moral, and how to apply these aspects to enrich and enhance our work.
Living well is a step towards writing well. From physical health to mental and emotional wellbeing, the handbook offers suggestions for the writer's life. This chapter also explores the author experience with publishers and some thoughts on how to effectively market both ourselves as writers and our work.
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